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B-193849 1 (1979-06-22)

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              o    -    THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISIOiNl              OF  THE   UNITED STATES
               a        WASH  INGTON,   D.C.  20548



FILE: B-193849               DATE: June 22, 1979

MATTER  OF:  Security Assistance Forces and Equipment oHG


DIGEST:

1.   Protestrallegf4g tha agency improperly
     rejected poffer as being un-
     reasonably high without first being re-
     questdj't-e--revde' cost break-down.is
     untimely where filed more than 10 working
     days after protester knew or should have
     known offer was rejected as being un-
     reasonably high.

2.4  Prior decision dismis$'i unjAotest as un-
     timely Uaffirmed  v  4  prot ester harid
     not showwthat prior decision was based
     on errors of fa.ct or law./

     Security Assistance Forces and Equipment oHG
(SAFE) -requests reconsideration of our decision
Security Assistance Forces and Equipment oHG, B-193849,
May 15, 1979, 79-1 CPD  .  Our decision dismissed
SAFE's protest of the rejection of its offer under
request for proposals (RFP) No. DAJA76-78-R-0425   v
issued by the Frankfurt Area Procurement Office ( APO)
of the United States Army Procurement Agency, Europe,
as untimely because it was filed more than 10 working
days after SAFE knew or should have known of the
bases of its protest.

     The essential facts are as follows:

     On July 21, 1978, FAPO issued a RFP for the correc-
tion of fire protection deficiencies at Wiesbaden-
Hainerberg. The RFP provided for a closing date of
August 11, 1978, for receipt of offers. SAFE submitted
the only offer in the amount of $92,840.50, while
the Government estimate was $40,818.75 or 81,637.50
Deutsche Marks (DM).

     On August 22, 1978, SAFE was advised by a FAPO
contract specialist that since the RFP indicated
that offers were to be made in DM, SAFE's offer was



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