B-243063: Mar 5, 1991

A firm protested a Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract award for real estate brokerage services, contending that: (1) its bid was low; (2) its previous contractor performance was more successful than the awardee's; and (3) USDA did not consider its status as a woman-owned small business. GAO held that the protester untimely filed its GAO-level protest more than 10 days after USDA denied its...

B-243063: Mar 5, 1991

Letter to contracting officer which expressed dissatisfaction with contract award and the belief that the contracting officer should reconsider the award selection was an agency-level protest even though it did not state that it was intended as a protest. Protest filed with the General Accounting Office more than 10 days after agency denied agency-level protest is untimely. Letter that the award w...