B-222515.2: Aug 1, 1986

A firm requested reconsideration of the dismissal of its protest of a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award, contending that DLA: (1) should review its original protest based on the significant issue exception to the timeliness rules; and (2) employed illegal procurement practices, to the detriment of all Canadian suppliers and contractors. GAO held that: (1) it would not consider the prot...

B-222515.2: Aug 1, 1986

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - SIGNIFICANT ISSUE EXCEPTION - PRIOR GAO CONSIDERATION OF SAME ISSUE EFFECT DIGEST: UNTIMELY PROTEST WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUE EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE'S TIMELINESS RULES MERELY BECAUSE THE PROTESTER IS A CANADIAN FIRM. WHERE THE ISSUES RAISED ARE ONES THAT THE GENERAL AC...