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B-215479.2 1 (1984-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlvq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 ,LAR 0, T*10 COMPTROLLER 0ENSUAL ORCl18ION OP THE UNITEO STATUS WASHINGTON. 0. C. 2048 FILE: B-215479.2 DATE: August 13, 1984 MATTER OF: IAL Communications Systems Inc.-- Reconsideration DIGEST: GAO will not consider the merits of an untimely grant complaint that the com- plainant argues raises a significant issue where the issue--allegedly restrictive requirements--has been considered on many occasions. IAL Communications Systems Inc. requests recon- sideration of our decision in IAL Communications Sys- tems Inc., B-215479, June 26, 1984, 84-1 CPD 674, in which we dismissed as untimely IAL's complaint about unduly restrictive specifications in connection with a solicitation issued by the Southeastern Michigan Transpor- tation Authority for radio equipment. The contract is to be funded in substantial part through a grant by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA), at which IAL had raised the same complaint before bringing the matter to our attention. We deny the reconsideration request. In our decision, we pointed out that a complaint concerning a contract under a federal grant must be filed in our Office within a reasonable time after an adverse decision by the grantor, so that we can consider an issue while it is still practicable to recommend corrective action if warranted. We held that IAL, which filed the complaint with this Office more han 2 months after UMTA denied the firm's request for reconsideration of an earlier adverse decision, had not filed within a reasonable time. IAL now argues that we should consider the complaint anyway because the 2-month delay in filing with our Office had no real effect on the practicability of any possible corrective action, and because of the alleged import of the issue raised. o2,vfl33

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