B-244162.2: Jun 27, 1991

Even though the protester claims it was unfamiliar with the timeliness requirements of GAO's Bids Protest Regulations and that the procuring agency failed to inform the protester of the requirements of the regulations. Since the regulations are published in the Federal Register and the protester is therefore on constructive notice of their contents. The fact that a protester is a small business pr...

B-244162.2: Jun 27, 1991

A firm requested reconsideration of its dismissed protest against the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) rejection of its bid. GAO had held that the protester untimely filed its protest more than 10 working days after VA denied its agency-level protest. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that: (1) VA failed to inform it of the timeliness requirements; and (2) as a small...