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B-407935 1 (2013-02-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqfi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Ac; tabillty integrilty I Reiiabikty of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Vantex Service Corporation File: B-407935 Date: February 28, 2013 Alistair Elliott, for the protester. Maj. Samuel E. Gregory, Department of the Army, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly declined to accept protester's late quotation where there is no evidence that improper government action caused the United States Postal Service's failure to make timely delivery of the quotation. DECISION Vantex Service Corporation, of Austin, Texas, protests the rejection of its quotation as late under request for quotations (RFQ) W91 1 SG-1 3-T-301 1, issued by the United States Army, Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), for latrines and portable hand-washing stations, and servicing of same, at several locations at Fort Bliss, Texas. The protester contends that its quotation should not have been rejected because it had been sent using the United States Postal Service (USPS) express mail service seven days prior to the closing date specified in the solicitation, and because the USPS carrier attempted to deliver the submissions prior to the solicitation closing date. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On December 14, 2012, the agency issued the RFQ requiring firms to submit their quotations by 4:00 p.m. on December 27, 2012. The RFQ instructed firms to submit their quotations by mail to the Department of the Army, Mission and Installation Contracting Command, at 1733 Pleasonton Road, Fort Bliss, TX 79916-6012, or to hand carry them to Bldg 2021, Club Road, Fort Bliss, TX 79916. As explained by the agency, the mailing address identified in the RFQ is a facility that houses the

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