B-206229, FEB 9, 1982
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SOLICITATION SPECIFICATIONS THAT IS TRANSMITTED BY WESTERN UNION WHICH INDICATES THAT IT WAS RECEIVED BY GAO AFTER THE TIME SET FOR BID OPENING IS NOT TIMELY. PROTESTS BASED ON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN SOLICITATION APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING (AS IS THE CASE HERE) MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING. BIDS WERE OPENED ON JANUARY 28. K&E'S PROTEST WAS TRANSMITTED BY WESTERN UNION TELEX MESSAGE AND WAS RECEIVED IN GAO ON JANUARY 28. IS IMPRINTED ON THE MESSAGE. THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-206229, FEB 9, 1982
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SOLICITATION SPECIFICATIONS THAT IS TRANSMITTED BY WESTERN UNION WHICH INDICATES THAT IT WAS RECEIVED BY GAO AFTER THE TIME SET FOR BID OPENING IS NOT TIMELY.
KEUFFEL & ESSER CO.:
KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. (K&E) PROTESTS AN AMENDMENT TO THE SPECIFICATION OF INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. WFC-A3-R-4622, ISSUED BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
PROTESTS BASED ON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN SOLICITATION APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING (AS IS THE CASE HERE) MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING. C.F.R. 21.2 (B)(1) (1981). ACCORDING TO K&E, BIDS WERE OPENED ON JANUARY 28, 1982 AT 10:30 A.M. K&E'S PROTEST WAS TRANSMITTED BY WESTERN UNION TELEX MESSAGE AND WAS RECEIVED IN GAO ON JANUARY 28, AFTER THE 10:30 BID OPENING TIME. THE TIME OF RECEIPT (10:47 A.M.) IS IMPRINTED ON THE MESSAGE. THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.