A firm protested a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) contract award for road construction, contending that BIA improperly refused to reject the awardee's bid, since the awardee's sureties did not actually own the assets they claimed. GAO would not review the protest, which the protester untimely filed more than 10 working days after it became aware of the basis for protest. Accordingly, the protest w...

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO procedures - Protest timeliness - 10 day rule DIGEST: Protester's allegation that bid should be rejected because individual sureties on awardee's bid bond do not own the assets claimed on their affidavits of individual surety is untimely where protester waited several months after it became aware of agency letter containing information concerning the assets and aft...