A firm requested reconsideration of its protest against a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) contract award for road construction. GAO had held that the protester: (1) failed to show that BIA acceptance of the awardee's sureties was unreasonable or in bad faith; and (2) untimely filed its subsequent protest after it knew the basis for protest. Upon reconsideration, GAO held that: (1) the protester did...

DIGEST Decision dismissing protest based on alleged inadequate bid bond is affirmed as protester is not able to show that it acted reasonably by waiting several months to file a Freedom of Information Act request after it was apparent that agency was not going to act on information which protester brought to agency's attention. Northwest argued that R&D's bid should have been rejected because the...