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DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. 0 C. 20548
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FILE: B-197450 DATE: February 7, 1980
MATTER OF: Professional Computer Services '
DIGEST: O
Protest filed initially with contracting
agency and not filed with GAO within 10
days of protester's knowledge of initial
adverse agency action (bid opening) on
protest is untimely.
Professional Computer Services (PCS) protests
the award by the Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs (BIA) of a contract under solici-
tation No. FAO-KOl-80-3284. We dismiss the protest
as untimely.
PCS allegeA vArc ts deficiencies in tpe- bid
specifications] Although PCS initially filed a
timely protest with BIA, the agency opened bids as
scheduled on December 11, 1979, without satisfying
all of PCS's concerns. Under our Bid Protest
Procedures, when a protest is initially filed with
the contracting agency, any subsequent protest to
our Office must be filed within 10 days of the
protester's knowledge of initial adverse agency
action on its protest. 4 C.F.R. § 20.2(a)(1979).
The opening of bids on December 11, 1979 without
the requested modification of the solicitation
constituted adverse agency action. 4 C.F.R. 5
20.0(b); Picker Corporation; Ohio-Nuclear Inc.,
B-192565, January 19, 1979, 79-1 CPD 31. We did
not receive the PCS protest until January 15, 1980,
which is obviously beyond the 10-day time con-
straint established by 4 C.F.R. § 20.2(a).
Accordingly, the protest is untimely and is
dismissed.
Milton J. Socolar
General Counsel](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadhzf0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)