B-214095.3: Mar 5, 1984

A firm protested the Defense Fuel Supply Center's contract award under an invitation for bids for coal procurement. The protester contended that, because the coal it offered fully satisfied the specifications, its bid should not have been rejected. GAO stated that a protest must be filed within 10 working days after the basis for the protest is known or should have been known. In this instance, it...

B-214095.3: Mar 5, 1984

DIGEST: PROTEST NOT FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE BASIS OF ITS PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ITS BID SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REJECTED. SECTION 21.2(B)(2) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES PROVIDE THAT A PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. WHICH TIME IS GREATLY...