B-275259: Nov 4, 1996

A firm protested the Defense Commissary Agency's contract award for different grades of frozen ground beef. GAO held that the: (1) protest would not be considered, since the protester did not timely file an initial agency-level protest within the 10-day filing period; and (2) Federal Acquisition Regulation needs to be revised to provide a 10-day rather than a 14-day timeliness rule for agency-leve...

B-275259: Nov 4, 1996

A protest to the General Accounting Office (GAO) will not be considered if it was preceded by an initial agency-level protest that was not timely filed within the 10-day period for filing provided by GAO's regulations notwithstanding interim agency-level protest procedures that allow a 14-day period. The protester was notified of the award on August 2. This protest is subject to the timeliness rul...