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B-404648.3 1 (2011-04-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbtl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL .L A GA O Comptroller General ,*Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: B&S Transport, Inc. File: B-404648.3 Date: April 8, 2011 Ronald K. Henry, Esq., and Jeremy M. White, Esq., Kaye Scholer LLP, for the protester. Marc A. Shepler, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rejected protester's hand-delivered proposals as late where the protester, rather than the agency, was the paramount cause for the late receipt. DECISION B&S Transport, Inc., of North Canton, Ohio, challenges the rejection of its proposals as late under request for proposal (RFP) Nos. SPM7LX-10-R-0041, SPM7LX-10-R- 0042, and SPM7LX-10-R-0067, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for various types of tires.' The protester contends that its proposals were improperly rejected because the agency's actions were the paramount cause of the late delivery. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitations as amended required proposals to be submitted to the the DLA Land and Marine Activity in the lobby of Building 20 at the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) installation. RFP at 2. The due date for proposals, as amended, was 1 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 10, 2011. Id. 1 The relevant portions of these solicitations are identical; for the sake of convenience and brevity, citations to the solicitations will be to RFP No. SPM7LX-10- R-0041.

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