An Agency Level Protest was filled with our office on March 15, 2016.
Yesterday, April 13, 2016, (prior to the Agency decision) the Agency received notice from the Contractor that a GAO Protest had been filled.
My Question... Should a protestor file with GAO while an Agency protest is pending, is the Agency then absolved from issuing a decision?
I will continue to look in Part 33 as well as 4 CFR Part 21, etc.; however, I have yet to find this scenario addressed. My gut tells me that once a protest is filled with GAO, any pending Agency decision would now be irrelevant (for lack of a better word this early in the morning).