B-215328:
Sep 24, 1984
A firm protested the rejection of its hand-carried late bid under a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicitation, contending that: (1) the proposal was not late because the courier entered the FEMA building 3 minutes before bid opening time; and (2) FEMA failed to implement procedures that would have allowed the application of the late bid provisions of the solicitation. GAO found that,...