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B-291488 1 (2002-12-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaojg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: USA Information Systems, Inc. File: B-291488 Date: December 2, 2002 David K. Wilson, Esq., Troutman Sanders, for the protester. William B. Barton, Jr., Esq., and William T. Welch, Esq., Barton, Baker, McMahon & Tolle, for Information Handling Services, Inc., an intervenor. Clarence D. Long, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a procurement conducted by electronic commerce, where the solicitation materials were available only on the Internet, protest that it was improper for the agency to post an amendment with a short response time without specifically advising the protester is denied where the record shows that the protester failed to avail itself of every reasonable opportunity to obtain the amendment by either registering for e-mail notification or checking the Internet site, and that this failure was the reason the protester allegedly had insufficient time to protest the solicitation's terms. DECISION USA Information Systems, Inc. (USAInfo) protests the manner in which the Department of the Air Force amended the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. F16602-02-Q-S9A3, issued to acquire a 1-year Internet-based network subscription service for various military and engineering specifications, instructions, and regulations. USAInfo argues that by posting the amendment online with a short response time, without specifically advising the firm, the agency prevented it from timely protesting the amended solicitation's terms. We deny the protest. On September 14, 2002, Barksdale Air Force Base posted a presolicitation notice of this solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) Internet site at www.eps.gov. The notice stated that no quotations would be accepted for the

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