B-207726: Jul 1, 1982

A firm protested the Department of the Interior's proposed award of a contract on a sole-source basis to another bidder. The protester initially filed its protest with Interior, and it subsequently filed a protest with GAO more than 2 weeks after receiving Interior's response. Bid protest procedures require that, when a protest is filed initially with the contracting agency, a protest to GAO must...

B-207726: Jul 1, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE PROTESTER RECEIVES NOTICE OF ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION ON PROTEST INITIALLY FILED WITH AGENCY IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. REQUIRES THAT WHEN A PROTEST IS FILED INITIALLY WITH THE CONTRACTING AGENCY. BECAUSE ROCKWELL'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED HERE UNTIL JUNE 2. WHICH IS MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER MAY 17. IT IS UNTIMELY. THE PROTEST IS DI...