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B-216630, B-216630.2, OCT 22, 1984, 84-2 CPD 440

B-216630,B-216630.2 Oct 22, 1984
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ARE UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION. ARE UNDULY RESTRICTIVE. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES PROVIDE THAT A PROTEST ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN AN IFB THAT ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING MUST BE FILED WITH EITHER THE CONTRACTING AGENCY OR THIS OFFICE BEFORE BID OPENING. 4 C.F.R. THE BID OPENING DATE IN THIS INSTANCE WAS SEPTEMBER 28. WERE NOT FILED UNTIL OCTOBER 1. THEREFORE THEY ARE UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE MERITS. THE PROTESTS ARE DISMISSED.

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B-216630, B-216630.2, OCT 22, 1984, 84-2 CPD 440

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES - APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING/CLOSING DATE FOR PROPOSALS DIGEST: PROTESTS ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN AN IFB APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING, BUT FILED AFTER BID OPENING, ARE UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.

SMITH MACHINERY CO., INC.; TODD MACHINERY, INC.:

SMITH MACHINERY CO., INC. (SMITH), AND TODD MACHINERY, INC. (TODD), PROTEST THAT THE REQUIREMENTS IN INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. DAAG49 84- B0143 ISSUED BY THE TOOELE ARMY DEPOT, UTAH, ARE UNDULY RESTRICTIVE.

OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES PROVIDE THAT A PROTEST ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN AN IFB THAT ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING MUST BE FILED WITH EITHER THE CONTRACTING AGENCY OR THIS OFFICE BEFORE BID OPENING. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1983). THE BID OPENING DATE IN THIS INSTANCE WAS SEPTEMBER 28, 1984. SMITH'S & TODD'S PROTESTS, HOWEVER, WERE NOT FILED UNTIL OCTOBER 1, 1984, AND OCTOBER 5, 1984, RESPECTIVELY. THEREFORE THEY ARE UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE MERITS. SEE DAVLIN PAINT COMPANY, B-214050, JAN. 23, 1984, 84-1 CPD PARA. 105.

THE PROTESTS ARE DISMISSED.

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