B-209567: Nov 17, 1982

A firm protested the award of a contract by the Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) under an invitation for bids for goggles. The protester contended that the awardee could not meet the solicitation's labor surplus area concern requirements and that it could not manufacture the item with its proposed equipment. By letter, GAO advised the protester that the information copy of the agency protes...

B-209567: Nov 17, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE PROTESTER LEARNED OF THE INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION ON ITS PROTEST TO AGENCY IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY. WE ADVISED MARMAC THAT THE INFORMATION COPY OF THE AGENCY PROTEST WAS NOT A PROTEST TO GAO. ANY SUBSEQUENT PROTEST TO THE GAO FILED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF OR ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF INITIAL ADVERSE...