B-208870, OCT 12, 1982
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER PROTESTER LEARNS OF INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION ON PROTEST TO AGENCY IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY. THE AIR FORCE ADVISED GREAT SOUTHERN THAT ITS BID WAS REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. WAS CLEARLY ADVERSE TO GREAT SOUTHERN'S POSITION. WHICH IS 17 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE AIR FORCE LETTER OF DENIAL. THE PROTEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILED BY AUGUST 30. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-208870, OCT 12, 1982
DIGEST: PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER PROTESTER LEARNS OF INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION ON PROTEST TO AGENCY IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY.
GREAT SOUTHERN SERVICES, INC.:
GREAT SOUTHERN SERVICES, INC. (GREAT SOUTHERN), PROTESTS THE AIR FORCE REJECTION OF ITS BID AS NONRESPONSIVE UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) F08602-82-B0044, ISSUED BY MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA.
BY LETTER OF JULY 19, 1982, THE AIR FORCE ADVISED GREAT SOUTHERN THAT ITS BID WAS REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. GREAT SOUTHERN PROTESTED DIRECTLY TO THE AIR FORCE. BY LETTER OF AUGUST 9, 1982, THE AIR FORCE DENIED GREAT SOUTHERN'S PROTEST. GREAT SOUTHERN FILED ITS PROTEST WITH OUR OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1982.
UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, A PROTESTER HAS 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION ON ITS PROTEST FILED WITH THE CONTRACTING AGENCY TO FILE A PROTEST WITH OUR OFFICE. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(A) (1982). THE AIR FORCE DENIAL OF GREAT SOUTHERN'S PROTEST ON AUGUST 9, 1982, WAS CLEARLY ADVERSE TO GREAT SOUTHERN'S POSITION. WE DID NOT RECEIVE GREAT SOUTHERN'S AUGUST 26, 1982, LETTER OF PROTEST UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 1982, WHICH IS 17 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE AIR FORCE LETTER OF DENIAL. ALLOWING 5 WORKING DAYS FOR GREAT SOUTHERN'S RECEIPT OF THE DENIAL, THE PROTEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILED BY AUGUST 30, 1982. GARY'S DISPOSAL, INC., B-207864, JULY 23, 1982, 82-2 CPD 72. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.