G.E.G. Sugar Blues & Noe's Colors

G.E.G. Sugar Blues & Noe's Colors (Sugar Blues) protests the issuance of a purchase order for women's shirts to Clemson University Clemson Apparel Research under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPO100-99-Q-4249, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia (DCSP). The agency refused to consider Sugar Blues' quotation, which was lower in price than Clemson's, because it was unable to confirm that the quotation had been received prior to the date specified in the RFQ. Sugar Blues contends that its quotation was submitted prior to the specified date and thus should have been considered.