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B-265854 1 (1995-11-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptacff0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Koba Associates, Inc. File: B-265854 Date: November 8, 1995 Ernest P. Francis, Esq., for the protester. Terrence J. Tychan, Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 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. DECISION Koba Associates, Inc. protests the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's (CSAT) refusal to consider its proposal submitted in response to request for proposals (RFP) No. CSAT-95-0024, because the proposal was received at the contracts office 3 minutes after the time specified for submission of initial proposals. We deny the protest. Issued on June 30, 1995, the RFP requested proposals for furnishing technical assistance and training services in support of treatment centers operated under CSAT's Criminal Justice Treatment Networks. The RFP stated that initial proposals must be received in CSAT's contracts office no later than 2 p.m. on August 21, and that hand-carried proposals should be delivered to the following address: Jacquelyn C. Carey, Contracting Officer Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Contracts Management Branch 5515 Security Lane, Rockwall II Suite 6A-26 Rockville, Maryland 20857 The RFP included the standard late proposals clause, Federal Acquisition Regulation § 52.215-10, which states that, generally, any proposal received at the office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt will not be considered. The clause also states that the only acceptable evidence to establish 202117

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