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B-274081 1 (1996-08-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaekr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: The Real Estate Center File: B-274081 Date: August 20, 1996 Christopher Solop, Esq., and Lynn Hawkins Patton, Esq., for the protester. Jerold D. Cohen, Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests filed on or after August 8, 1996 are subject to the timeliness rules set out in General Accounting Office's (GAO) Bid Protest Regulations as amended by the Final Rule published in the Federal Register on July 26, 61 Fed. Reg. 39039-47 (1996) (to be codified at 4 C.F.R. part 21). Pursuant to section 21.2(a)(2), 61 Fed. Reg. 39043 (to be codified at 4 C.F.R. § 21.2(a)(2)), GAO will not consider a protest challenging a procurement conducted on the basis of competitive proposals under which a debriefing is requested and required if filed before the debriefing date offered to the protester (even if the protest basis was known before the debriefing); the protest instead should be filed not later than 10 days after the date on which the debriefing is held. DECISION The Real Estate Center (REC) protests the award by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of a contract to any other offeror under solicitation No. 691-81-95 for property management and disposition services. We dismiss the protest. REC received written notice on August 7, 1996 that an award had been made (the notice did not identify an awardee), and REC immediately requested a debriefing pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Section 15.1004 of the FAR, which implements 41 U.S.C. § 253b(e) (1994), provides that if an agency receives a written debriefing request within 3 days after the offeror has received an award notice, the offeror must be debriefed and furnished the basis for the selection decision within 5 days of the agency's receipt of the request (if practicable). According to REC, however, the VA has not yet responded to the firm's request. REC's protest was filed in our Office on August 9. The protest therefore is subject to the timeliness rules set out in our Bid Protest Regulations as amended by the Final Rule published in the Federal Register on July 26 (applicable to protests filed 906820

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