---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 121.1005"
title: "13"
number: "121.1005"
heading: "How must a protest be filed with the contracting officer?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/121.1005"
---

# §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)](/cfr/13/121.1004.md?p=a-1) or postmarked no later than one day after the date of the telephone protest.


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 69 FR 29206, May 21, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 632, 634(b)(6), 636(a)(36), 662, and 694a(9).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 3286, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 69 FR 29206, May 21, 2004]