official
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “official” means the following:
(A) An officer, as defined in section 2104 of title 5.
(B) An employee, as defined in section 2105 of title 5.
(C) A member of the uniformed services, as defined in section 2101(3) of title 5.
No person may file a protest against the award or proposed award of a Federal agency procurement contract alleging a violation of subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section, nor may the Comptroller General of the United States consider such an allegation in deciding a protest, unless that person reported to the Federal agency responsible for the procurement, no later than 14 days after the person first discovered the possible violation, the information that the person believed constitutes evidence of the offense.
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- 1996–present41 U.S.C. § 423Public Contracts · Restrictions on disclosing and obtaining contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information · as used in this section