B-218102: Feb 21, 1985

A firm protested a Bureau of Mines contract award, contending that the agency's failure to award it the contract must have resulted from either a mathematical error when evaluating bid prices or failure to properly apply the evaluation criteria contained in the solicitation. Bid protest regulations require that protests be filed within 10 days after the basis of the protest is known or within 10 d...

B-218102: Feb 21, 1985

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - DATE BASIS OF PROTEST MADE KNOWN TO PROTESTER DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED BECAUSE PROTESTER FILED PROTEST WITH CONTRACTING AGENCY MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF PROTEST WAS KNOWN. " WAS AWARDED ON NOVEMBER 19. MOUNTS ADMITS RECEIVING THIS LETTER SHORTLY AFTER THE AWARD WAS MADE. A SUBSEQUENT PROTEST WAS RE...