CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - FILING PROTEST WITH AGENCY PROTESTERS MUST COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENT TO FURNISH A COPY OF A PROTEST FILED WITH GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO) TO THE CONTRACTING AGENCY WHETHER OR NOT A "DE NOVO" REVIEW IS REQUESTED OF A PREVIOUS AGENCY PROTEST DECISION. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE - JURISDICTION - CONTRACTS - DISPUTES - BETWEEN PRIVATE PAR...

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which was dismissed because of its failure to furnish a copy of its protest to the contracting agency within 1 day after filing its protest with GAO. The protester contended that a letter it sent to the agency indicating its intent to appeal the award was its notice. GAO found that a letter of intent to protest constituted a sufficient protest where i...