13 CFR § 121.1005 - How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s121.1005"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 121.1005 - How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "121.1005"
section_name: "How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "121"
part_name: "SMALL BUSINESS SIZE REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 636(a)(36), 662, and 694a(9)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "121"
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# 121.1005 How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?
A protest must be delivered to the contracting officer by hand, telegram, mail, facsimile, Federal Express or other overnight delivery service, e-mail, or telephone. If a protest is made by telephone, the contracting officer must later receive a confirming letter either within the 5-day period in § 121.1004(a)(1) or postmarked no later than one day after the date of the telephone protest.
[61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 69 FR 29206, May 21, 2004]