B-215479.2: Aug 13, 1984

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - SIGNIFICANT ISSUE EXCEPTION - NOT FOR APPLICATION DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER THE MERITS OF AN UNTIMELY GRANT COMPLAINT THAT THE COMPLAINANT ARGUES RAISES A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WHERE THE ISSUE. THE CONTRACT IS TO BE FUNDED IN SUBSTANTIAL PART THROUGH A GRANT BY THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION (UMTA)...

B-215479.2: Aug 13, 1984

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed as untimely its complaint about unduly restrictive specifications in connection with an Urban Mass Transportation Administration grantee's solicitation. The requester contended that its complaint should have been considered, regardless of its lateness, because it raised a significant issue. GAO does not consider untimely grant complain...