Failed Attempt to Beat the Clock Renders Protest Untimely; GAO B-416544, CWIS LLC

Protest that the agency lacked a valid basis for a sole-source contract award is dismissed as untimely, where the protest was submitted to GAO after closing time on Friday, and thus was not filed until Monday morning when GAO reopened for filings, which was more than 10 days after the protester knew or should have known its basis of protest, notwithstanding counsel’s apparent unsuccessful attempt to file the protest 1 minute before closing time on Friday.