---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1433.103"
title: "48"
number: "1433.103"
heading: "Protests to the agency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1433.103"
---

# §1433.103. Protests to the agency.


For protests filed with the agency, the CO shall coordinate with the regional and/or field solicitor and the Assistant Solicitor, Acquisitions and Intellectual Property, prior to making the protest decision and before suspending or terminating a contract award as a result of the protest. When a protest is denied by the CO, the decision issued shall advise the protester that the decision may be appealed to the GAO. All protest decisions must also contain a notice that appeals to GAO must include a copy of the CO's protest decision.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 19829, Apr. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted.