B-203352.2: Dec 21, 1981

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed, as untimely, the firm's protest against a contract award made on a sole-source basis. The firm contended that the protest was not untimely because, even when the protest was filed, it was not in possession of all the information required to form a basis of protest. Alternatively, the firm argued that GAO should consider the merits of...

B-203352.2: Dec 21, 1981

DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION IS AFFIRMED BECAUSE THE PROTESTER HAS NOT SHOWN ANY ERRORS OF LAW OR FACT IN DECISION'S CONCLUSION THAT ITS PROTEST AGAINST A SOLE- SOURCE AWARD WAS UNTIMELY SINCE THE PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE PROTESTER LEARNED OF THE AGENCY'S JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SOLE-SOURCE AWARD. R-M CONTENDS THAT THE PROTEST IS NOT UNTIMELY BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THE PROTEST WAS...