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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION .F THE UNITHO STATES
WAqHINGTON, D.C. 205 4,A
r%_ FILE: B-190876 DATE: January 11, 1978
aMATTER OF: Computer Micrographics
DIGEST:
Protest is untimely and not for con-
sideration on merits when basis for
protest, specific reason for agency
rejection of proposal was known more
than 10 days prior to protest filing.
Com;puter Micrographics (CMI) has protested the rejec-
tion of its proposal and award of a contract for microfilm
services under solicitation No. N00123-77-R-1491, issued
by the Department of the Navy (Navy), Navy Regional Pro-
curement Office, Long Beach, California.
CMI's protest, filed with our Office on December 12,
1977, set fbith CMI's claim that its proposal was improp-
erly rejected because the rejection only apptacs to be
based on the fact that the Navy fel more confortable
with U.S. Data Corp., the eventual awardee.
Th' Navy has advised us that award was made on
Octuher 31, 1977, and that CMI was made aware of this,
initially, by telephone on November 4, 1977, with :Formal
notification sent on November 10, 1977, setting forth the
specific reason for the rejection of the CMI proposal.
Our Bid Protest Procedures provide that protests shall
be filed not later than 10 [working] days after the basis
for protest is known or should have been known, whichever
is earlier. 4 C.F.R. S 20.2(b)(2) (1977). CMI was aware
of the basis of its protest more than 10 working days before
the protest was filed with our Office on Docember 12, 1977.
Therefore, the protest is unt:.mely.
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