B-236170: Aug 11, 1989

A firm protested a Navy contract award for a command/control system laboratory, contending that the Navy improperly rejected its low bid on the basis of its sureties' unacceptability. GAO would not review the protest, which the protester untimely filed more than 10 working days after it became aware of the protest basis. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-236170: Aug 11, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO procedures - Protest timeliness - 10 day rule DIGEST: Protest of agency nonresponsibility determination filed more than 10 working days after protester received written notice of the basis for the protest is untimely. Tenicon objects to the Navy's determination that it was nonresponsible based on the unacceptability of its individual sureties. It should have receiv...