A firm protested the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP). A delay in the receipt of an amendment requiring proposal changes and severe weather conditions prevented the protester's commercial carrier from delivering the complete proposal package to the agency on time; the protester was able to deliver only 30 pages of its proposal by the RFP dead...

AGENCY'S REFUSAL TO EXTEND CLOSING DATE ARE UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS SINCE THESE ARGUMENTS ARE AGAINST ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN SOLICITATION WHICH WERE NOT FILED BEFORE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. 2. LATE HAND-CARRIED PROPOSAL MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED ON GROUND THAT DELAY IN DELIVERY WAS DUE TO IMPROPER GOVERNMENT ACTION SINCE. EVEN IF THERE WAS IMPROPER GOVERNM...