B-274328:
Nov 20, 1996
A firm protested a Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) contract award for a propane air system, contending that NAVFAC should have rejected the awardee's bid as late, since the bid opening official did not receive the bid until after he declared the closing time for hand-delivered bids. GAO held that NAVFAC properly considered the awardee's bid as timely, since the: (1) solicitation did...