A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed as untimely its protest against the award of a contract. The protester contended that its protest had raised issues significant to procurement practices which should be considered on their merits and that the protest was untimely by only 1 or 2 days. Bid protest procedures require that, when a protest is initially filed with a contract...

DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION DISMISSING PROTEST AS UNTIMELY IS AFFIRMED WHERE SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IS NOT PRESENT TO JUSTIFY EXCEPTION TO THE APPLICATION OF GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND FACT THAT PROTEST WAS ONLY A FEW DAYS LATE DOES NOT SATISFY TIMELINESS REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE STRICTLY APPLIED. PART 21 (1982)) AND THAT THE PROTEST WAS UNTIMELY BY ONLY 1 OR 2 DAYS. WHICH WAS UNTIMELY. WHICH REQUIRES THA...