B-201961: Feb 26, 1981

A company protested the failure of the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide it an opportunity to bid on a contract to furnish several brush items. The company alleged that it contacted GSA to determine the reason it had not been sent an invitation for bids for the items; it was informed that it would not receive any solicitations until performance problems with its prior contracts were...

B-201961: Feb 26, 1981

DIGEST: PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS WHEN BASIS FOR PROTEST (PROTESTER NOT SOLICITED FOR CONTRACT DUE TO UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS ON PRIOR CONTRACTS) WAS KNOWN MORE THAN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO FILING. GSA HAS INFORMALLY ADVISED US THAT THESE ITEMS WERE MOST RECENTLY PROCURED UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. 10PR-VJS6868 FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1. THAT BIDS ON THIS PROCUREMENT W...