B-226533: Mar 23, 1987

A firm protested a Forest Service contract award for cadastral surveys, contending that: (1) the Forest Service improperly evaluated its bid; (2) the Forest Service unjustly awarded the contract to a higher bidder; and (3) GAO should consider the protest even though it was untimely. GAO held that: (1) the protester untimely filed its protest more than 10 days after it received notice of initial ad...

B-226533: Mar 23, 1987

PROTEST TO GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WHICH WAS NOT FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION WITH PROTEST TO CONTRACTING AGENCY IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE MERITS OF AN ADMITTEDLY UNTIMELY PROTEST BY INVOKING THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUE EXCEPTION OF OUR BID PROTEST REGULATIONS WHERE THE PROTEST DOES NOT RAISE AN ISSUE...