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B-422695 Sep 20, 2024 1 (2024-09-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqvg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                      Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                of the United States
Decision
Matter of: Goins Construction LLC
File:     B-422695
Date:     September 20, 2024
Corey Goins for the protester.
Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of
the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging agency's rejection of its bid is not timely filed where protester failed
to diligently pursue the information on which its protest is based.
DECISION
Goins Construction LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
of Ozark, Missouri, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) determination that
Goins failed to submit a timely bid in response to invitation for bids (lFB) No.
36C25024B0016 to provide certain construction services. Goins asserts that the
agency's determination in this regard was improper.
We dismiss the protest.
BACKGROUND
On April 19, 2024, the agency issued the IFB as an SDVOSB set-aside, seeking bids to
perform roof repair services. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, IFB at 1.1 As amended, the
IFB provided that a public bid opening would occur at 1:00 pm Local Time on May 23
1 The page numbers referenced in this decision are the Adobe PDF page numbers in
the documents submitted.

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