B-212340.2: Aug 9, 1983

DIGEST: PROTESTER WHOSE INITIAL PROTEST WAS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY BECAUSE IT ALLEGED AN IMPROPRIETY IN AN INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) BUT WAS NOT FILED UNTIL AFTER BID OPENING MAY NOT OBTAIN CONSIDERATION OF SAME ISSUE BY ALLEGING THAT TIMELINESS SHOULD BE CALCULATED FROM DATE PROTESTER LEARNED ITS BID WAS NONRESPONSIVE FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DISPUTED IFB PROVISION BECAUSE THAT WOULD CIRCUMVENT...

B-212340.2: Aug 9, 1983

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed as untimely a protest alleging that a solicitation requirement was unreasonable. In its request for reconsideration, the protester asked for the opportunity to modify its bid to include the required item. However, GAO held that a bid which is nonresponsive initially may not be corrected after bid opening. Further, since the protester w...