A firm protested the award of a Veterans Administration (VA) contract. The firm first protested to VA, contending that VA had failed to objectively evaluate its bid sample and disagreeing with the agency's rejection of its sample as unacceptable. This protest was rejected by VA as untimely. The protester appealed the initial adverse agency action to VA 1 month later and protested to GAO, raising e...

DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY FILED UNDER 4 C.F.R. THAT ITS PROTEST TO THE VA WAS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY. SICOA INDICATED IT DISAGREED WITH THE VA RULING THAT ITS PROTEST WAS UNTIMELY. RAISING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME OBJECTIONS THAT WERE CONTAINED IN ITS INITIAL PROTEST TO THE AGENCY APRIL 29. IF A PROTEST IS FILED INITIALLY WITH THE CONTRACTING AGENCY. SINCE THE PROTESTER WAS ADVISED ON MA...