B-211300: May 9, 1983

A firm protested an Army contracting officer's rejection of its bid under a solicitation for a diagnostic ultrasound system. The protester originally protested the rejection to the contracting agency and this protest was denied. Bid protest procedures provide that, when a protest is filed initially with the contracting agency, subsequent protests to GAO must be filed within 10 working days from no...

B-211300: May 9, 1983

DIGEST: PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER PROTESTER LEARNS OF INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION ON PROTEST FILED WITH AGENCY IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY. DAKF-24-82-R-0036 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR FORT POLK SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REJECTED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. THE PROTEST TO OUR OFFICE IS DATED MARCH 22. WAS RECEIVED ON MARCH 31. WHEN A PROTEST IS FILED INITIALLY WI...