B-198952.2: Oct 5, 1981

DIGEST: REQUEST BY AGENCY FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER AGENCY KNEW OF BASIS FOR REQUEST IS UNTIMELY. 4 C.F.R. WE FOUND USFS'S ACTUAL REQUIREMENT TO BE FOR A SURVEYOR WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE JOB RATHER THAN FOR A SURVEYOR WHOSE OFFICE IS IN A SPECIFIED LOCALE. THE USFS'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION IS BASED ON INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE USFS NO LATER THA...

B-198952.2: Oct 5, 1981

The Forest Service requested that GAO reconsider a prior decision. In that decision, GAO took exception to a geographic restriction which limited potential offerors on Forest Service surveying contracts to surveyors having an office within a specified distance from the jobsite. Since the request was not filed within 10 working days after the Forest Service received the GAO decision, it was untimel...