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B-220852.4 1 (1986-01-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmdn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTnOLLER GENENAL O cIDION . OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-220852.4 DATE: January 22. 1986 MATTER OF: B & B Boat Building Inc.-- Reconsideration DIGEST: 1. Requirement that request for reconsideration be filed within 10 working days after the basis for reconsideration is known or should have been known is not merely a technicality and will be strictly enforced. 2. Protesters are charged with constructive knowledge of GAO's Bid Protest Regulations. B & B Boat Building Inc. requests reconsideration of our decision, B & B Boat Building Inc.--Reconsideration, B-220852.3, Dec. 24, 1985, 85-2 CPD . B & B charac- terizes our dismissal of its request fo-rreconsideration as based on meaningless technicalities, and contends that we are barred from enforcing our requirement that a request for reconsideration be filed within 10 workinq days after the basis for reconsideration is known or should have been known since we did not specifically inform it of that requirement. Our timeliness standards are an important part of the protest process. Protests of the award of a government contract are very serious matters which deserve the immediate and timely attention of the protester, inter- ested parties, and the contracting agency. Our Bid Pro- test Regulations establish an orderly process to insure equitable and prompt resolution of protests. 4 C.F.R. Part 21 (1985); J.M. Security Service, B-218207.2, May 3, 1985, 85-1 CPD f 498. Thus, timeliness standards for the filing of protests and requests for reconsideration must be and are strictly construed by our Office. Marconi Electronics, Inc., B-218088.4, Mar. 27, 1985, 85-1 CPD if 368. Because reconsideration requests are filed after the protest process has already consumed a considerable amount of time from the procurement involved, timeliness standards for the filing of requests for reconsideration 0_I4_N

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