TITLE 4 - ACCOUNTS

CHAPTER I - GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

SUBCHAPTER B - GENERAL PROCEDURES

PART 21 - BID PROTEST REGULATIONS

21.9 - Time for decision by GAO.

  (a) GAO shall issue a decision on a protest within 100 days after it is filed.

  (b) In protests where GAO uses the express option procedures in 21.10, GAO shall issue a decision on a protest within 65 days after it is filed.

  (c) GAO, to the maximum extent practicable, shall resolve a timely supplemental protest adding one or more new grounds to an existing protest, or a timely amended protest, within the time limit established in paragraph (a) of this section for decision on the initial protest. If a supplemental or an amended protest cannot be resolved within that time limit, GAO may resolve the supplemental or amended protest using the express option procedures in 21.10.