B-208980: Nov 8, 1982

A firm protested the alleged refusal of the Veterans Administration to send it a copy of a solicitation for medical equipment. The firm's letter containing the protest to GAO was improperly addressed and was first delivered to the General Services Administration resulting in an untimely delivery to GAO. Bid protest procedures require that protests be filed not later than 10 working days after the...

B-208980: Nov 8, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST SENT TO ADDRESS OTHER THAN THAT SET FORTH IN GAO'S BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND RECEIVED BY GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER PROTESTER KNEW BASIS OF PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS. NEUROMEDICS' LETTER WAS PROPERLY ADDRESSED TO OUR BID PROTEST CONTROL UNIT. THE ENVELOPE IN WHICH THE LETTER WAS MAILED. WAS ADDRESSED TO AN INDIVIDUAL FURTHER IDENTIFIED A...