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B-400728 1 (2008-12-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaqy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL G A O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Sector One Security Solution File: B-400728 Date: December 10, 2008 Kenneth L. Sanford, Sector One Security Solution, for the protester. David B. Dempsey, Esq., Jessica M. Madon, Esq., and Megan M. Mocho, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Four Winds Services, Inc., an intervenor. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's contention that the agency improperly refused to consider its proposal is denied where there is no evidence that the agency received the proposal by the solicitation due date or that improper government action caused the failure of the postal service to make timely delivery, and where the record shows that the protester failed to follow the delivery instructions in the solicitation. DECISION Sector One Security Solution, of Franklin, Virginia, protests the rejection as late of its proposal submitted in response to request for proposals (RFP) No. SAQMMAO8RO237, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for the acquisition of support services to DOS Peacekeeping Operations in Africa. Sector One argues that the agency should have accepted its proposal because the protester sent it by United States Postal Service (USPS) Express Mail and because the protester believes the USPS carrier attempted to deliver the proposal prior to the closing time for receipt. We deny the protest. The RFP was published in FedBizOpps on June 27, 2008, and contemplated multiple awards of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to provide these support services for a base period with four 1-year option periods. The RFP, as amended, informed offerors to submit their proposals by 3 p.m. local time on September 11, 2008, at the following address:

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