Debriefing provisions are initiated by the written preaward notices to firms they have been excluded from the competitive range or written postaward notices to unsuccessful offerors that their proposal was not selected for award. The rules depend upon whether the debriefing is required or whether an agency is voluntarily providing it an accommodation. If a debriefing is not required, a timely debriefing is not mandated and the protest timeliness rules and suspension of performance rules do not apply. When a debriefing is not required, a protest must be filed no later than 10 days from contract award in order to suspend contract performance; also, a protest must be filed not later than 10 days from when the protester knew or should have known the basis for the protest.

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