B-217933.2: Sep 28, 1988

The date the bid was mailed must be established by a postmark on both the envelope and the sender's receipt. This is FAR Case No. 85-16. We have in the past favorably recommended proposals to correct the evidentiary standard to establish the mailing date in late bid cases and to provide a separate late bid rule for Express Mail. We are pleased that our suggestions have been adopted and we endorse...

B-217933.2: Published: Sep 28, 1988. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 1988.

GAO commented on a proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) which would: (1) correct the current late-bid rules concerning mailing date evidentiary standards; (2) provide separate late-bid rules for express mail and bids outside the United States and Canada; and (3) allow contracting officers to permit use of facsimile equipment for bid submissions, acknowledgements, modifica...