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B-190404 1 (1977-11-01)

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                        THE  CY3MPTRI -.t.UWN GENERAL.'
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                        WAUMINGTON, D.C. 20S6



 F!LE: 5-190404               DATE: Novwber 1, 1977

 MATTEiR OF:  Chemical Technlogy, Inc.


 DIGET:


     Protest filed after bid opening against alleged
     solicitation impropriety which should have been
     apparent.prior to bid opening is untimely under
     section 20.2(b)()' of GAG's Bid Protest Proce-
     dures and is dismissed.


     Chemical Technology, Inc. (CTI) protests any award
 cnde: solicitation No. F65503-77-09161, Mess Attendant
 Jerv.crs, issued by the Air Force, Elclson Air Force
 Base, Alaska.

     CTI contends that the contracting officer denied
it the opportunity ot submitting a bid by erroneously
stating bond requirements under the rolicitation. CTI
states that the solicitation provisions were drafted
in such a -manner as to limit the response and thcreby
restrict competition and that the contracting officer
failed to follow published policy and procedures in
Armed Forces Procurement Regulations, Section 10, Part
1 covering bid and performance bonds.

     Although the protester has not stated its precise
objection with sufficient detail, the protest relates
genarally to the alleged restrictive nature of the bond
requirement stated in the solicitation. We understand
from the Air Force that the proteoter did not object
at any time prior to bid oiening to the solicitation.
Under our Bid Protest Procedures, 4 C.F.R. I 20.2(b)(1)
(1977), a protest based upon an alleged impropriety in
a solicitation which is apparent prior to bid opening
or the closing date for receipt of initial proposals
oust be filed prior to the applicable deadline in order
to be considered-by our Office. Microsurance, Inc.,
B-188830, April 28, 1977, 77-1 CPD 292. Since in this
case, the objection appears to relate to the solicitation
as issued and was not raised either with the agency or


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