B-222650: Aug 13, 1986

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for helmet visor lenses, contending that the Air Force failed to receive the protester's telegraphic bid modification before bid opening because it mishandled the modification. GAO found no evidence that Air Force mishandling was the paramount cause of its nonreceipt of the protester's modification. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-222650: Aug 13, 1986

CONTRACTS - NEGOTIATION - LATE PROPOSALS AND QUOTATIONS - MODIFICATION OF PROPOSAL - TELEGRAPHIC - EVIDENCE OF TIMELY DELIVERY DIGEST: WHERE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH THAT A PROPOSAL MODIFICATION EVER WAS RECEIVED BY THE PROCURING ACTIVITY. OR THAT GOVERNMENT MISHANDLING IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIPT WAS THE PARAMOUNT CAUSE OF NONRECEIPT. GENTEX WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LOW OFFEROR. THE AIR FORCE M...