B-270506.2: Apr 18, 1996

A firm requested reconsideration of its denied protest for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contract awards for pollution prevention research. GAO had held that the protester untimely filed its protest more than 14 days after it knew the basis of its protest. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that its protest should be considered under the significant issue exception...

B-270506.2: Apr 18, 1996

Request for reconsideration of dismissal of protest as untimely is denied where protest was not filed within 14 days from when the protester first learned basis for protest. D500001M1 for pollution prevention research. [1] We dismissed the protest because it was untimely filed. A telephone debriefing was conducted by the contracting officer and the agency's SBIR program director. Essentially argui...