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B-185903 1 (1976-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddeh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 01 A FR THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-185903 DATE: March 12, 1976 MATTER OF: Nation-Wide Reporting and Convention Coverage DIGEST: Protest alleging improper action on part of contracting officer and failure of agency to notify bidders of new location for receipt of bids is untimely under section 20.2(a) of GAO's Bid Protest Procedures which requires that issues be raised at GAO within 10 days of notifica- tion of or knowledge of adverse agency action. By letter of December 1, 1975, to the General Services Administration (GSA), Nation-Wide Reporting and Convention Coverage (Nation-Wide) protested certain actions by the agency concerning recent solicitations for reporting services. With regard to solicitation No. FPHO-E-76864-A-2-6-75, Nation-Wide alleged that it was low bidder, but was pressured by the GSA contracting officer into withdrawing its bid. Nation-Wide claims that there was such intimidation on the part of the contracting officer that it had to withdraw its bid or suffer irreparable harm, injury and financial damages. With reference to solicitation No. FPHO-E-42204-A-10-17-75, Nation-Wide protested that it did not receive adequate notifica- tion that the requirements for all regions would be solicited by a single solicitation from the Washington office instead of individual solicitations from the regional offices as had been the practice in the past. GSA responded to Nation-Wide's protest by letter dated January 7, 1976. GSA indicated that after bids on solicitation No. FPHO-E-76864-A-2-6-75 were opened and Nation-Wide was determined to be the low bidder, GSA notified Nation-Wide on April 2, 1975, that award under the solicitation was contingent upon receipt of a Performance Bond as required by the terms of the solicitation. When Nation-Wide failed to submit the performance .bond, the con- tracting officer made award to the next low bidder. - 1 -

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