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B-294287 1 (2004-09-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapod0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability* Integrity Reliability Decision Matter of: Guam Shipyard File: B-294287 Date: September 16, 2004 David J. Taylor, Esq., Tighe Patton Armstrong Teasdale, for the protester. George N. Brezna, Esq., and David W. Beale, Esq., Military Sealift Command, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging solicitation impropriety is dismissed as untimely where protest was submitted to GAO on a federal holiday and thus is not considered filed until opening of business on the following business day, by which point the time set for receipt of quotations had passed. DECISION Guam Shipyard protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. N62404-04-R- 0022, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, for the replacement of a non-skid surface on a portion of the decks of the USS Frank Cable. The protester contends that the RFQ improperly fails to require that vendors have in place either a Master Ship Repair Agreement or an Agreement for Boat Repair. We dismiss the protest as untimely. The RFQ, as amended, set a quotation due date of July 6, 2004, 4:30 p.m., Far East time.' Guam Shipyard transmitted a facsimile copy of its protest to our Office at 1 While Amendment No. 0002 to the RFQ specified the due date for receipt of quotations as simply July 6, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 52.212-1(f)(1), incorporated into the RFQ at pages 10-11, stated that: Offerors are responsible for submitting offers,..., so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified (continued...)

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