B-212100, JUL 28, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST IFB SPECIFICATION AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS IS DISMISSED SINCE IT WAS FILED AFTER BID OPENING. CUI ALLEGES THAT THE IFB SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS ARE DEFECTIVE. WHICH IMPROPRIETIES ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING.
B-212100, JUL 28, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST IFB SPECIFICATION AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS IS DISMISSED SINCE IT WAS FILED AFTER BID OPENING.
CONTRACTING UNLIMITED:
CONTRACTING UNLIMITED (CUI) PROTESTS ANY AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. DAAA31-83-B 0018.
CUI ALLEGES THAT THE IFB SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS ARE DEFECTIVE. WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A PROTEST BASED UPON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN AN IFB, WHICH IMPROPRIETIES ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING, BE FILED BEFORE BID OPENING. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1983); M&M SERVICES, INC., B-210818.2, MARCH 25, 1983, 83-1 CPD 308. HOWEVER, CUI DID NOT PROTEST UNTIL AFTER THE BID OPENING DATE.