DIGEST: OPENING OF BIDS WITHOUT ACTING FAVORABLY ON THE PROTESTER'S OBJECTIONS TO THE FORM OF THE IFB CONSTITUTES ADVERSE ACTION AND A PROTEST RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE MORE THAN 10 DAYS LATER IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE PROTEST OF THE MARK TWAIN HOTEL WAS DISMISSED AS TO THE PROTESTER'S OBJECTION TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SPECIFICATIONS IN INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) DAAJ04-81-B-0010 IS...

A firm requested reconsideration of a GAO decision in which a protest concerning solicitation specifications was dismissed as untimely. The protester alleged that it objected to the specifications for a period of 3 weeks prior to bid opening by requesting permission for a review of the requirements by its attorney. The request was denied. Assuming that the requests by the protester constituted an...