B-225770, MAR 12, 1987, 87-1 CPD 281
Highlights
PROCUREMENT - BID PROTESTS - GAO PROCEDURES - PROTEST TIMELINESS - 10 DAY RULE - ADVERSE AGENCY ACTIONS DIGEST: PROTEST FILED 11 WORKING DAYS AFTER PROTESTER RECEIVED HAND DELIVERED DENIAL OF PROTEST TO AGENCY IS UNTIMELY. SINCE BOOZ-ALLEN'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT PRESCRIBED BY OUR REGULATIONS. IT IS UNTIMELY. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-225770, MAR 12, 1987, 87-1 CPD 281
PROCUREMENT - BID PROTESTS - GAO PROCEDURES - PROTEST TIMELINESS - 10 DAY RULE - ADVERSE AGENCY ACTIONS DIGEST: PROTEST FILED 11 WORKING DAYS AFTER PROTESTER RECEIVED HAND DELIVERED DENIAL OF PROTEST TO AGENCY IS UNTIMELY.
BOOZ-ALLEN & HAMILTON, INC.:
BOOZ-ALLEN & HAMILTON, INC., PROTESTS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY'S AWARD OF CONTRACT NO. DAAB07-87-D-A001 TO SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (SDC).
BOOZ-ALLEN INITIALLY PROTESTED TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. THE ARMY HAS FURNISHED A STATEMENT FROM THE CONTRACTING OFFICER AND AN AFFIDAVIT FROM A PROCUREMENT ASSISTANT WHICH STATE THAT A REPRESENTATIVE OF BOOZ ALLEN PICKED UP THE CONTRACTING OFFICER'S DENIAL OF THE PROTEST ON FEBRUARY 9, 1987. BOOZ-ALLEN DID NOT FILE ITS PROTEST WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL FEBRUARY 25, 11 WORKING DAYS LATER.
WHEN A PROTEST HAS BEEN FILED WITH A CONTRACTING AGENCY, OUR BID PROTEST REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT PROTEST TO OUR OFFICE BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF NOTICE OF THE AGENCY'S INITIAL ADVERSE ACTION. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(A)(3) (1986). SINCE BOOZ-ALLEN'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT PRESCRIBED BY OUR REGULATIONS, IT IS UNTIMELY.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.