United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-08-13 monographic deposited born digital 2 p. GA 1.13:B-274052 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274052 P0b002ee18fd4bf62 f:274052 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-274052 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-274052 B-274052 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protests filed on and after August 8, 1996, are subject to the timeliness criteria 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). Therefore, a protest of other than an apparent impropriety in an invitation for bids must be filed not later than 10 calendar days after the basis of protest is or should have been known, whichever is earlier, as required by amended section 21.2(a)(2), 61 Fed. Reg. 39043 (to be codified at 4 C.F.R. sec. 21.2(a)(2)). <p/>2. Since Final Rule amending GAO's Bid Protest Regulations was published in the Federal Register on July 26, 1996, vendors are charged with notice of its contents--including GAO's revised timeliness rules--as of that date. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274052/html/GAOREPORTS-B-274052.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274052/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-274052.pdf GAO/B-274052 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274052 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-274052; Paging Network of Washington, Inc.;