B-228062: Sep 3, 1987

A firm protested the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) rejection of its bid for mobile partitions, contending that, since the bid opening room clock was fast, TVA erroneously rejected its bid as late. GAO held that the bid opening officer properly used the clock to determine that the bid submission period had expired. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-228062: Sep 3, 1987

The bid opening officer's declaration is determinative of lateness unless shown to be unreasonable under the circumstances. It was discovered that the bid opening room clock was between 1 and 2 minutes fast. The protester argues that the bid opening officer erroneously declared the time for the submission of bids to have expired earlier than it in fact had and that its bid was improperly rejected...