B-229675: Jan 26, 1988

A firm protested that the Army: (1) had repeatedly refused to solicit it for a cleaning compound; and (2) improperly denied it the opportunity to compete under prior solicitations for the compound. GAO held that the protester: (1) failed to protest under a specific procurement; and (2) untimely protested the alleged prior solicitations. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-229675: Jan 26, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO Procedures - Protest Timeliness - 10 day Rule DIGEST: Protest that firm was unreasonably denied an opportunity to compete filed months after procurements were conducted is untimely filed since the General Accounting Office Bid Protest Regulations require that a protest be filed no later than 10 working days after the basis of protest is known or should have been kn...