---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 733.103-71"
title: "48"
number: "733.103-71"
heading: "Filing of protest."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/733.103-71"
---

# §733.103-71. Filing of protest.

- (a) Protests must be in writing and addressed to the contracting officer for consideration by the M/OAA Director.
- (b) A protest shall include, in addition to the information required in ([48 CFR](/cfr/48.md)) FAR 33.103(d)(2), the name of the issuing Mission or office.
- (c) Material submitted by a protester will not be withheld from any interested party outside the Government or from any Government agency if the M/OAA Director decides to release such material, except to the extent that the withholding of such information is permitted or required by law or regulation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 39094, July 26, 1996; 61 FR 51235, Oct. 1, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 42040, Aug. 3, 1999; 72 FR 19670, Apr. 19, 2007; 79 FR 74988, Dec. 16, 2014]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 39094, July 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 621. Pub. L. 87-195, 73 Stat. 445 (22 U.S.C. 2381), as amended: E.O. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 FR 56673, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp. p. 435.

### Amendments

[61 FR 39094, July 26, 1996; 61 FR 51235, Oct. 1, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 42040, Aug. 3, 1999; 72 FR 19670, Apr. 19, 2007; 79 FR 74988, Dec. 16, 2014]