B-213492.2: Dec 20, 1983

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed its protest as untimely under bid protest procedures. The firm had protested the award of a contract under an invitation for bids issued by the Agency for International Development (AID). In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that its allegation concerning the awardee's compliance with a solicitation requirement w...

B-213492.2: Dec 20, 1983

DIGEST: REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF GAO DISMISSAL OF PROTEST AS UNTIMELY IS GRANTED IN PART. BASIS FOR DISMISSAL WAS THAT PROTESTER HAD WAITED MORE THAN 10 DAYS FROM CONTRACTING AGENCY DENIAL OF INITIAL PROTEST TO FILE PROTEST WITH GAO. ONE ISSUE OF PROTEST FILED WITH CONTRACTING AGENCY HAD NOT BEEN DENIED BY CONTRACTING AGENCY AT TIME ALL OTHER ISSUES WERE DENIED. PRIOR GAO DECISION IS MODIFIE...