B-197747, MAR 5, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST ALLEGING SPECIFICATION DEFICIENCIES NOT FILED PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS. CONTENDS THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE UNCLEAR AND RESTRICTIVE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT NO PROTEST WAS FILED WITH THE AGENCY SUBSEQUENT TO ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION AND PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS OF MAY 1. IS UNTIMELY FILED AND CANNOT BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-197747, MAR 5, 1980
DIGEST: PROTEST ALLEGING SPECIFICATION DEFICIENCIES NOT FILED PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS.
SCAN-OPTICS, INC.:
SCAN-OPTICS, INC. PROTESTS SPECIFICATION DEFICIENCIES IN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. 33FP-C2-N-B-B7522-4-17-79, ISSUED BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA) FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AN OCR AND KEY ENTRY SYSTEM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. SCAN-OPTICS INC. CONTENDS THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE UNCLEAR AND RESTRICTIVE.
SINCE THE ALLEGATIONS CONCERN DEFICIENCIES IN THE RFP, THE PROTEST, TO BE TIMELY, HAD TO BE FILED "PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS." 4 C.F.R. SEC. 20.2(B)(1) (1979). ALTHOUGH THE PROTESTOR APPARENTLY VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT ALLEGED SPECIFICATION DEFICIENCIES DURING THE PERIOD WHICH PRECEDED ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION, WE UNDERSTAND THAT NO PROTEST WAS FILED WITH THE AGENCY SUBSEQUENT TO ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION AND PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS OF MAY 1, 1979. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROTEST FILED HERE ON FEBRUARY 15, 1980, IS UNTIMELY FILED AND CANNOT BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS. SEE PLASMADYNE, B-193726, MARCH 7, 1979, 79-1 CPD 162.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.