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B-210446, FEB 1, 1983

B-210446 Feb 01, 1983
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DIGEST: ALLEGATIONS REGARDING RESTRICTIVE SPECIFICATIONS FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS ARE UNTIMELY SINCE THE ALLEGED DEFECTS WERE APPARENT ON THE FACE OF THE SOLICITATION. DISMISS THE PROTEST BECAUSE IT WAS FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS WAS JANUARY 3. WAS NOT MAILED TO THE AGENCY UNTIL JANUARY 6. WAS NOT FILED HERE UNTIL JANUARY 11. THE PROTEST THEREFORE IS UNTIMELY AND WE WILL NOT CONSIDER IT ON THE MERITS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-210446, FEB 1, 1983

DIGEST: ALLEGATIONS REGARDING RESTRICTIVE SPECIFICATIONS FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS ARE UNTIMELY SINCE THE ALLEGED DEFECTS WERE APPARENT ON THE FACE OF THE SOLICITATION.

MED-E-JET CORP.:

MED-E-JET CORP. (MED-E-JET) PROTESTS UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. DLA120-83-R-0420 ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY, DEFENSE PERSONNEL SUPPORT CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. MED-E JET ALLEGES THAT THE SOLICITATION CONTAINS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE REQUIREMENTS. DISMISS THE PROTEST BECAUSE IT WAS FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS.

THE TIMELINESS PROVISIONS OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B) (1982), REQUIRE THAT PROTESTS REGARDING ALLEGED DEFICIENCIES APPARENT ON THE FACE OF A SOLICITATION BE FILED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. IN THIS CASE, THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS WAS JANUARY 3, 1983; THE PROTEST, HOWEVER, WAS NOT MAILED TO THE AGENCY UNTIL JANUARY 6, 1983, AND WAS NOT FILED HERE UNTIL JANUARY 11, 1983. THE PROTEST THEREFORE IS UNTIMELY AND WE WILL NOT CONSIDER IT ON THE MERITS. BUTT & HEAD, INCORPORATED, B-208298, JULY 28, 1982, 82-2 CPD 92.

THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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