B-225078.2: Nov 26, 1986

An individual requested reconsideration of the dismissal of his protest under a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) solicitation for training. GAO dismissed the protest as untimely since the protester filed it more than 10 days after BIA denied an agency-level protest. The protester contended that BIA failed to advise him of protest timeliness requirements. GAO held that the protester's professed unawa...

B-225078.2: Nov 26, 1986

IN RESPONSE TO PROTEST FILED WITH AGENCY IS UNTIMELY. PROTESTER'S ASSERTION THAT IT WAS UNAWARE OF TIMELINESS RULES DOES NOT PROVIDE A BASIS FOR CONSIDERING AN UNTIMELY PROTEST SINCE THE PROTESTER IS CHARGED WITH CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF BID PROTEST REGULATIONS THROUGH THEIR PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER. WE DISMISSED THE PROTEST AS UNTIMELY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE WITHIN 10 W...