B-265854: Nov 8, 1995

A firm protested the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's (CSAT) rejection of its bid for technical assistance and training services as late, contending that CSAT contracting officials improperly refused to accept its bid. GAO held that CSAT properly rejected the protester's late bid, since there was no evidence that CSAT contributed to the bid's late submission. Accordingly, the protest was den...

B-265854: Nov 8, 1995

Agency properly rejected a hand-carried proposal that was delivered to the depository office 3 minutes after the time specified for receipt of initial proposals where the protester's actions were the paramount cause of the late delivery. Because the proposal was received at the contracts office 3 minutes after the time specified for submission of initial proposals. Any proposal received at the off...