B-226841.4: Sep 3, 1987

A firm protested the Army's rejection of its bid for vehicle processing services as late, contending that the Army failed to forward its bid to the proposal depository by bid opening. GAO held that the: (1) protester caused its bid to be late, since it addressed the protest incorrectly; and (2) Army properly rejected the late bid. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-226841.4: Sep 3, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Competitive Negotiation - Offers - Late submission - Acceptance criteria DIGEST: Contracting agency properly rejected a late proposal where the offeror's agent was the paramount cause of late delivery by delivering the proposal to the wrong office even though employees in the office to which the proposal was delivered did not redirect the agent to the office on the address label and...