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B-203226.2 1 (1982-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkhz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . .. F- 6 ,0 DECISION FILE: B-203226.2 * -~..a A - ~ --b'S? - ~ 7 21P THE COMPTROLLCR GENERAL OF THIE UNITfL2 STATISM WASHINGTON, 0,30, 205 483 DATE: May 24l 1982 MATTER OF: Wells Fargo Guard Services -- Reconsideration CIGEST: 1. Protest previolsly dismissed as untimely will be considered on the merits where pro- tester submits evidence showing that pro- test was timely filed, 2. Security guard services are standard com- mercial services and do not become other- wise by virtue of the fact that the con- tractor must obtain a Top Secret facility clearance and provide some guard personnel who have Top Secret clearance, Therefore, bidding time of 22 days allowed by agency did not contravene regulatory guidance that a bidding time of at least 30 days should be permitted for other than stand- ard commercial * * * services. 3. Allegation that solicitation unduly re- stricted competition because it did not state when contractor would be expected to commence performance is without merit where it does not appear that protester attempted to obtain this information prior to bid opening and bids were received from seven firms. Wells Fargo Guard Services (Wells Fargo) protests the award of a contract for security guard services by the General Services Administration (GSA) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. GS-llC-10170. This pro- test was the subject of our prior decision i Wells Fargo Guard Services, B-203226, May 27, 1981, CPD 62.In-that decision we found the protest to be untimely because it concerned alleged imprdprieties in the solicitation and our time/date stamp showed that the protest was received in our Office after bid opening. We held, therefore, that the protest I I, I . I. * , 1' 4 4 Oppp* .*' -.lkF*

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