B-221551: Apr 2, 1986

A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) rejection of its late bid under a solicitation for biohazard hoods, contending that: (1) since VA instructed offerers to mail their bids to a post office box, it should have made a greater effort to timely pick up its mail; (2) VA gave the awardee's offer preferential treatment because the awardee mailed the bid directly to the VA office; and (3)...

B-221551: Apr 2, 1986

IT MUST HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE POST OFFICE BOX MAILING ADDRESS BEFORE THE OPENING TIME AND THE LATE RECEIPT MUST HAVE BEEN DUE "SOLELY" TO MISHANDLING BY THE GOVERNMENT. RECORD INDICATES THAT THE OFFER WAS DELIVERED TO POST OFFICE BOX THE DAY AFTER OPENING AND. THERE IS NO BASIS TO CONCLUDE THAT OFFER WAS LATE SOLELY DUE TO MISHANDLING BY THE GOVERNMENT. WHICH APPARENTLY WAS SENT A DAY LATER TH...