[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR33.101]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 33--PROTESTS, DISPUTES, AND APPEALS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart 33.1--Protests
 
Sec. 33.101  Definitions.


    As used in this subpart--
    Day means a calendar day, unless otherwise specified. In the 
computation of any period--
    (1) The day of the act, event, or default from which the designated 
period of time begins to run is not included; and
    (2) The last day after the act, event, or default is included 
unless--
    (i) The last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday; or
    (ii) In the case of a filing of a paper at any appropriate 
administrative forum, the last day is a day on which weather or other 
conditions cause the closing of the forum for all or part of the day, in 
which event the next day on which the appropriate administrative forum 
is open is included.
    Filed means the complete receipt of any document by an agency before 
its close of business. Documents received after close of business are 
considered filed as of the next day. Unless otherwise stated, the agency 
close of business is presumed to be 4:30 p.m., local time.
    Interested Party for the purpose of filing a protest means an actual 
or prospective offeror whose direct economic interest would be affected 
by the award of a contract or by the failure to award a contract.
    Protest means a written objection by an interested party to any of 
the following:
    (1) A solicitation or other request by an agency for offers for a 
contract for the procurement of property or services.
    (2) The cancellation of the solicitation or other request.
    (3) An award or proposed award of the contract.
    (4) A termination or cancellation of an award of the contract, if 
the written objection contains an allegation that the termination or 
cancellation is based in whole or in part on improprieties concerning 
the award of the contract.

[50 FR 2270, Jan. 15, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 43391, Oct. 26, 1988; 54 
FR 19827, May 8, 1989; 60 FR 48225, Sept. 18, 1995; 62 FR 64933, Dec. 9, 
1997; 66 FR 2132, Jan. 10, 2001]