B-221653.2: May 15, 1986

A firm requested reconsideration of the dismissal of its protest against an Air Force solicitation, contending that the dismissal was erroneous because the Air Force acknowledged receipt of the protest 2 days prior to its filing with GAO. GAO held that: (1) a protester must furnish a copy of its protest to the contracting agency within 1 day of filing the protest; (2) the protester's agency-level...

B-221653.2: May 15, 1986

IS AFFIRMED. APPLICABLE REGULATION IS NOT SATISFIED BY PROTESTER'S FILING OF AN AGENCY-LEVEL PROTEST 1 DAY PRIOR TO PROTESTING TO GAO. IN ITS PROTEST TRINITY COMPLAINED THAT THE REJECTION OF ITS PROPOSAL BECAUSE SOME OF THE COMPONENTS AND GEARS OF THE MACHINING CENTERS IT OFFERED ARE MANUFACTURED UNDER THE METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT. WAS BASED ON AN INADEQUATE REASON IN VIEW OF THE STEPS BEING T...