B-208808, SEP 15, 1982
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST RECEIVED MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF AWARD IS UNTIMELY UNDER THE BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. REQUIRES THAT A PROTEST BE RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. THE PROTEST STATES THAT NOTICE OF AWARD WAS RECEIVED ON AUGUST 11. WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL AUGUST 27. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-208808, SEP 15, 1982
DIGEST: PROTEST RECEIVED MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF AWARD IS UNTIMELY UNDER THE BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
EAI CORPORATION:
EAI CORPORATION (EAI) PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO PROGRESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS N60921-82-R-A060 ISSUED BY THE NAVAL SURFACE WEAPONS CENTER, DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA.
SECTION 21.2(B)(2) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(2) (1982), REQUIRES THAT A PROTEST BE RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. THE PROTEST STATES THAT NOTICE OF AWARD WAS RECEIVED ON AUGUST 11, 1982. THE PROTEST, HOWEVER, WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL AUGUST 27, 1982. SINCE EAI DID NOT MEET THE 10-DAY REQUIREMENT OF OUR PROCEDURES, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.