https://www.gao.gov/products/440877

B-200873: Nov 18, 1980

WHERE PROTESTER'S INITIAL SUBMISSION IS WITHOUT LEGAL MERIT. GAO WILL RENDER DECISION WITHOUT OBTAINING REPORT FROM AGENCY. 2. BID RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER TIME SET FOR BID OPENING WAS PROPERLY REJECTED AS LATE SINCE LATE RECEIPT WAS DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER PROTESTER'S CONTROL OR THOSE THAT REASONABLY COULD HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED. 3. NORTHWEST INSTRUMENT: NORTHWEST INSTRUMENT (NOR...

https://www.gao.gov/products/113805

B-200873: Nov 18, 1980

A firm protested the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) refusal to consider its bid which was submitted after the time specified for the receipt of bids in the invitation for bids. The record showed that the protester's representative intended to deliver the bid by hand to NOAA shortly before the scheduled bid opening. However, just as he was preparing to leave his office, th...