Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-102
§2106 Reporting Information Believed to Constitute Evidence of Offense
Title 41 › Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy › CHAPTER 21 — RESTRICTIONS ON OBTAINING AND DISCLOSING CERTAIN INFORMATION › § 2106
Summary
You can't file a protest about a federal contract award claiming a breach of sections 2102, 2103, or 2104 unless you first told the agency in charge about the information you thought showed the offense. You must report what you believed was evidence within 14 days after you first found it, and the Comptroller General won't consider the claim if you didn't.
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Title 41, §2106
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A person may not file a protest against the award or proposed award of a Federal agency procurement contract alleging a violation of section 2102, 2103, or 2104 of this title, and the Comptroller General may not consider that allegation in deciding a protest, unless the person, no later than 14 days after the person first discovered the possible violation, reported to the Federal agency responsible for the procurement the information that the person believed constitutes evidence of the offense.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 210641:423(g).Pub. L. 93–400, § 27(g), as added Pub. L. 100–679, § 6(a), Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4063; Pub. L. 101–189, title VIII, § 814(a)–(d)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1495; Pub. L. 101–510, title XIV, § 1484(l)(6), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1720; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 705(i), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 121; Pub. L. 103–355, title VIII, § 8301(e), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3397; Pub. L. 104–106, title XLIII, § 4304(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 663.
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41 U.S.C. § 2106
Title 41, Public Contracts
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102