A firm protested a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contract award for broker services, contending that: (1) the award was improper because the awardee's bid acceptance period had expired; (2) HUD failed to request acceptance period extensions from the offerers; and (3) HUD did not file its administrative report within the required 25-day period. GAO held that, since: (1) both off...

ALLEGATION THAT AWARDEE'S PROPOSAL ACCEPTANCE PERIOD HAD EXPIRED AT TIME OF AWARD IS WITHOUT MERIT WHERE RECORD SHOWS THAT AWARDEE EXTENDED ITS ACCEPTANCE PERIOD AND THE AWARD WAS MADE WITHIN THAT PERIOD. MAY BE CONSIDERED IN RESOLVING THE PROTEST WHERE PROTESTER HAS NOT EVEN ALLEGED THAT IT WAS PREJUDICED BY THE DELAY. LMR CONTENDS THAT THE AWARD TO GMC WAS IMPROPER BECAUSE THE ACCEPTANCE PERIOD...