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B-404731 1 (2011-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbsf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Noble Supply and Logistics File: B-404731 Date: March 4, 2011 Michael A. Hordell, Esq., and Heather Kilgore Weiner, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for the protester. Gary R. Allen, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward T. Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of this decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's rejection of the protester's proposal as late is denied where the protester unreasonably disregarded closing date established by solicitation and instead relied on oral advice from the contracting officer indicating that the protester's proposal would be considered if submitted one day after the solicitation's closing date. DECISION Noble Supply and Logistics, of Rockland, Massachusetts, protests the rejection of its proposal as late under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4528-11-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for operation of the civil engineer supply store at Minot Air Force Base (AFB) in North Dakota. Noble argues that the agency unreasonably rejected its proposal as late. We deny the protest. The RFP set the closing date for receipt of proposals as 4:30 p.m. on December 22, 2010. The protester explains that on December 21, it delivered its proposal package to UPS to be shipped using Next Day service, but that when it checked on the status of the delivery the following morning, UPS advised it that severe weather

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