§ 633.105 - Protests to GSBCA.

(a) Upon receipt of a copy of a protest to GSBCA, the contracting officer or the official designated in the solicitation shall immediately notify the Office of the Legal Adviser and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Management. The contracting officer is responsible for compliance with the requirements in FAR 33.105(a)(2). The contracting officer shall include in the contract file a record of such notifications to all parties and related correspondence with GSBCA. The contracting officer shall provide to the Office of the Legal Adviser a copy of the list of interested parties notified, simultaneously with submission of the list to the GSBCA.

(b) The contracting officer shall submit to the Office of the Legal Adviser an original and two copies of the protest file, documented in conformance with FAR 33.105(b), within 8 work days after the filing of a protest. The contracting officer also shall provide a complete copy of the file to the protester and all other interested parties within 10 work days after filing of the protest. The protest file shall be organized to comply with the requirements of Rule 4(b) of the GSBCA Rules of Procedure (48 CFR Ch. 61). The Office of the Legal Adviser shall then submit the file to the GSBCA within 10 work days after filing of the protest.

(c) The Office of the Legal Adviser shall represent the contracting officer at any hearing on suspension of the agency's delegation of procurement authority or at any hearing on the merits of the protest. The Office of the Legal Adviser shall notify the contracting officer and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Management of the results of any hearing.

(d) The authority to execute the determination and findings (D&F) prescribed in FAR 33.105(d)(2) is delegated, without power of redelegation, to the head of the contracting activity.