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B-417491 1 (2019-05-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadzgd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAtO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Warrior Service Company File: B-417491 Date: May 13, 2019 Frank V. Reilly, Esq., Frank V. Reilly Attorney at Law, for the protester. Kathleen Ellis, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging alleged improprieties in a solicitation is dismissed as untimely where the protest was not filed before the time set for receipt of quotations, even though in this instance, the solicitation required that vendors respond five days after issuance of the request for quotations, and the protest was filed within ten days of when the solicitation was issued; while our Office has recognized an exception to the requirement to challenge alleged solicitation improprieties in cases where an agency has used an extremely limited response time, our prior cases do not support the use of this exception when a vendor has five days before quotations are due, and thus five days to file any protest challenging the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Warrior Service Company (WSC), of Valley Stream, New York, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), protests the time to submit quotations allotted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C24419Q0515 for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS), brand name or equal, Carendo Shower Chairs. The protester argues that the RFQ did not provide enough time to prepare a quotation and the brand name or equal requirement unduly restricts competition. We dismiss the protest as untimely. Our Bid Protest Regulations contain strict rules for the timely submission of protests. These rules reflect the dual requirements of giving parties a fair opportunity to present their cases and resolving protests expeditiously without unduly disrupting or delaying the procurement process. Verizon Wireless, B-406854, B-406854.2, Sept. 17, 2012,

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