The GAO dismissed a protest as untimely because the Protestor failed to file comments to the Agency Report within 10 days. Although the Protestor emailed his comments to the GAO lawyer handling the case within 10 days, the GAO held that this did not count. The GAO indicated that the Protestor should have filed its comments at protests@gao.gov pursuant to Rule 21.0(f).
This is a harsh result, in my opinion. After all, the GAO lawyer received the comments on time. The lesson learned here is to email your protest comments to protests@gao.gov and the GAO attorney handling the case.
GLF Consulting, B-412316.3 (December 21, 2016)
