DIGEST: QUESTION WHETHER AGENCY MAY PROPERLY REQUEST BID EXTENSION IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WARRANTING EXCEPTION TO GAO TIMELINESS STANDARDS. AWARD WAS APPARENTLY NOT MADE TO SINGLETON. WE DISMISSED THE PROTEST SINCE IT WAS NOT TIMELY FILED AS REQUIRED BY OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. SINGLETON CONTENDS THAT ITS PROTEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS BECAUSE IT RAISES ISSUES SIGNIFICANT...

A low bidder did not receive a contract awarded by the Army because the firm refused to grant the Government a 30-day extension of its bid acceptance period. The firm's protest was dismissed as untimely by GAO. However, a reconsideration of the GAO decision was requested by the protesting firm, which contended that its protest raised significant issues. GAO did not agree that the matter might be o...

Singleton Enterprises protested the award of a Department of the Army contract for the renovation of bathrooms in family housing at Fort McClellan, Alabama, to the second low bidder. The award was apparently not made to Singleton because the firm would not grant the Army's request for a 30-day extension for acceptance of its bid. The Army informed the protester that an award notice had been mailed...

DIGEST: WHERE PROTEST WAS FILED WITH GAO 8 MONTHS AFTER INITIAL PROTEST WAS FILED WITH CONTRACTING AGENCY. PROTEST IS UNTIMELY SINCE AGENCY'S ACTIVE SUPPORT OF CONTINUED CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CONSTITUTES ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION. PROTESTER IS CHARGED WITH NOTIFICATION OF THIS ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION WHEN PROTESTER HAS REASON TO KNOW THAT AGENCY HAS PERMITTED CONTRACT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY PERFORMED. PROTE...