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B-216940, NOV 27, 1984, 84-2 CPD

B-216940 Nov 27, 1984
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CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - DATE BASIS OF PROTEST MADE KNOWN TO PROTESTER DIGEST: PROTEST TO GAO FILED MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER PROTESTER KNEW OF BASIS FOR PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. A PROTESTER IS GENERALLY REQUIRED TO PROTEST WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. THE PROTESTER STATES IN ITS PROTEST LETTER THAT IT LEARNED THE FACTS UPON WHICH THE PROTEST IS BASED IN AN OCTOBER 1. THE PROTEST LETTER WAS FILED IN OUR OFFICE. IS.

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B-216940, NOV 27, 1984, 84-2 CPD

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - DATE BASIS OF PROTEST MADE KNOWN TO PROTESTER DIGEST: PROTEST TO GAO FILED MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER PROTESTER KNEW OF BASIS FOR PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

ADVANCED INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY:

ADVANCED INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TO WYVERN COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., UNDER SOLICITATION NO. DAAD05-84-R-0573, ISSUED BY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND.

WE DISMISS THE PROTEST AS UNTIMELY.

UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, A PROTESTER IS GENERALLY REQUIRED TO PROTEST WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(2) (1984). IN THIS CASE, THE PROTESTER STATES IN ITS PROTEST LETTER THAT IT LEARNED THE FACTS UPON WHICH THE PROTEST IS BASED IN AN OCTOBER 1, 1984, TELEPHONE DISCUSSION WITH A CONTRACTING OFFICIAL AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND. EIGHTEEN WORKING DAYS LATER, ON OCTOBER 25, 1984, THE PROTEST LETTER WAS FILED IN OUR OFFICE, AND IS, THEREFORE, UNTIMELY.

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