B-236906: Oct 4, 1989

A firm protested two General Services Administration (GSA) contract awards for surveying equipment, contending that GSA failed to send it a copy of the solicitation. GAO held that the protester: (1) was constructively on notice of the procurement because GSA properly publicized it; and (2) untimely filed its agency-level protest after bid opening. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-236906: Oct 4, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO procedures - Protest timeliness - 10 day rule DIGEST: Protest that agency improperly failed to send a protester a solicitation is untimely when filed more than 10 working days after the closing date for receipt of offers which was originally published in the Commerce Business Daily and subsequently postponed 2 weeks by an amendment to the solicitation. Laser compla...