B-203768, JUL 7, 1981
Highlights
DIGEST: WHEN PROTEST IS FILED INITIALLY WITH CONTRACTING AGENCY. SUBSEQUENT PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION IS UNTIMELY. WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY RAM ON JUNE 8. RAM'S PROTEST TO US WAS RECEIVED ON JUNE 23. REQUIRES THAT WHEN A PROTEST IS INITIALLY FILED WITH THE CONTRACTING AGENCY. RAM'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF ITS RECEIPT OF DCSC'S LETTER DENYING ITS PROTEST AND. IS UNTIMELY. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-203768, JUL 7, 1981
DIGEST: WHEN PROTEST IS FILED INITIALLY WITH CONTRACTING AGENCY, SUBSEQUENT PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION IS UNTIMELY.
RAM ENTERPRISES, INC.:
RAM ENTERPRISES, INC. (RAM), PROTESTS THE REJECTION OF ITS OFFERS UNDER SOLICITATIONS NOS. DLA700-80-R-2506, DLA700-81-Q-0113 AND DLA700 81-Q- 0195, ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY, DEFENSE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CENTER (DCSC), COLUMBUS, OHIO.
RAM PROTESTED INITIALLY TO DCSC. DCSC DENIED THE PROTEST BY LETTER OF JUNE 2, 1981, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY RAM ON JUNE 8. RAM'S PROTEST TO US WAS RECEIVED ON JUNE 23.
SECTION 20.2(A) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R PART 20 (1980), REQUIRES THAT WHEN A PROTEST IS INITIALLY FILED WITH THE CONTRACTING AGENCY, A SUBSEQUENT PROTEST TO OUR OFFICE MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION. DIGITAL AMERICAN COMPUTERS, INC., B-202416, APRIL 17, 1981, 81-1 CPD 299. RAM'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF ITS RECEIPT OF DCSC'S LETTER DENYING ITS PROTEST AND, THEREFORE, IS UNTIMELY.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.