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B-195945.6,B-198276.3 1 (1981-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjvz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED 5TATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-195945.6 DATE: November 3, 1981 B-198276.3 MATTER OF: U.S. Financial Services, Inc.-- Reconsideration DIGEST: GAO will not waive the requirement of 4 C.F.R. § 21.9 (1981) that requests for reconsideration be filed within 10 working days after the basis for reconsideration was known or should have been known. U.S. Financial Services, Inc. (USFS), requests that we waive our requirement that reconsideration requests be filed here not later than 10 working days after the basis for reconsideration is or should have been known (4 C.F.R. § 21.9 (1981)). Our decision in the matter of U.S. Financial Services, Inc.-- Reconsideration, B-195945.5, B-198276.2, September 25, 1981, 81-2 CPD 249, dismissed USFS's untimely recon- sideration request, noting that USFS was essentially raising the same arguments presented and considered on the merits in an earlier decision dated July 15, 1981. USFS's waiver request is based on several reasons including (1) the complexity of the protest, (2) con- *flicts in time limits between this protest and other USFS protests requiring the effort of USFS's president on the other protests, and (3) the unavailability of the USFS's president/treasurer who was on vacation from mid-July to August 17, 1981. Protests against the award of a Government contract are very serious matters, which deserve the 4 immediate and timely attention of the protester, interested parties, and the contracting agency. Our Bid Protest Procedures establish an orderly process to insure equitable and prompt resolution of protests. Therefore, timeliness standards for the filing of protests and requests for reconsideration must be i II oz

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