Protest Involving Rejection of Late Proposal

A firm protested the rejection of its proposal which was delivered late to the agency. A proposal hand-delivered after the time specified for receipt was properly rejected as late even though the alleged delays were caused by unusually severe weather, unexpected traffic congestion, injury to a key employee, and mishandling by the U.S. Postal Service. The protester also alleged that the proposal offered significant cost and/or technical advantages to the Government. Since the solicitation contained no provision for such a consideration of a late proposal, these alleged advantages were not reviewable. The protest was dismissed.