B-219455.3, AUG 21, 1985, 85-2 CPD 206
Highlights
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS - TIMELINESS DIGEST: REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF PROTEST DECISION FILED MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY. NJCT'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION IS UNTIMELY FILED. OUR BID PROTEST REGULATIONS PROVIDE THAT REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE NOT LATER THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. NJCT'S REQUEST WAS NOT FILED UNTIL AUGUST 13. WE ASSUME A PROTESTER WILL RECEIVE OUR DECISION NOT LATER THAN 1 CALENDAR WEEK AFTER ITS ISSUANCE. IS UNTIMELY SINCE THE REQUEST WAS NOT FILED WITHIN THE 10-DAY PERIOD PROVIDED UNDER OUR BID PROTEST REGULATIONS.
B-219455.3, AUG 21, 1985, 85-2 CPD 206
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS - TIMELINESS DIGEST: REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF PROTEST DECISION FILED MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY.
NJCT CORPORATION-- REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION:
NJCT CORPORATION (NJCT) REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION IN NJCT CORPORATION, B-219455, JULY 22, 1985, 85-2 CPD PARA. -, IN WHICH WE DISMISSED THAT FIRM'S PROTEST AGAINST THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO GLOBE MACHINE COMPANY UNDER SOLICITATION NO. DLA400-85-B-8815, ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY.
NJCT'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION IS UNTIMELY FILED. OUR BID PROTEST REGULATIONS PROVIDE THAT REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE NOT LATER THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.12(B) (1985). NJCT'S REQUEST WAS NOT FILED UNTIL AUGUST 13, 1985. WHILE WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT DATE NJCT RECEIVED OUR DECISION OF JULY 22, NJCT'S SUBMISSION INDICATES IT RECEIVED OUR DECISION NO LATER THAN JULY 26. IN ANY EVENT, WE ASSUME A PROTESTER WILL RECEIVE OUR DECISION NOT LATER THAN 1 CALENDAR WEEK AFTER ITS ISSUANCE. MARKER-MODELL ASSOCIATES-- REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, B-215049.2, JULY 26, 1984, 84-2 CPD PARA. 117. THEREFORE, NJCT'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON AUGUST 13, 1985, IS UNTIMELY SINCE THE REQUEST WAS NOT FILED WITHIN THE 10-DAY PERIOD PROVIDED UNDER OUR BID PROTEST REGULATIONS.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.