---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 233.104"
title: "48"
number: "233.104"
heading: "Protests to GAO."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/233.104"
---

# §233.104. Protests to GAO.

- (c) **Protests after award.**
  - (1) In lieu of the time periods in FAR 33.104(c)(1), contracting officers shall immediately suspend performance or terminate the awarded contract, task order, or delivery order upon notice from the GAO of a protest filed within the time periods listed in [paragraphs (c)(1)(A) through (D)](#c-1-A..c-1-D) of this section, whichever is later, except as provided in FAR 33.104(c)(2) and (3)—
    - (A) Within 10 days after the date of contract award;
    - (B) Within 10 days after the date a task order or delivery order is issued, where the value exceeds $25 million ([10 U.S.C. 3406(f)](/usc/10/3406.md?p=f));
    - (C) Within 5 days after a debriefing date offered to the protestor under a timely debriefing request in accordance with FAR 15.506 regardless of whether the protestor rejected the offered debriefing date, unless an earlier debriefing date is negotiated as a result; or
    - (D) Within 5 days after a postaward debriefing under FAR 15.506 is concluded in accordance with 215.506-70(b).

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 15811, Mar. 18, 2022, as amended at 87 FR 76995, Dec. 16, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36416, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 15811, Mar. 18, 2022, as amended at 87 FR 76995, Dec. 16, 2022]