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B-183276 1 (1975-06-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcib0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 6ECISION ~ OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-183276 DATE: June 12,1975 MATTER OF: Perma-Steel, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Bid received by procuring activity within three hours after bid opening and before award is not late, since bid was mailed on fifth day prior to date specified for receipt of bids and under such circumstances, ASPR § 7-2002.2 (1974 ed.) authorizes consideration of bid as timely received. 2. Protest against cancellation of prior solicitation is untimely since protest was received in this Office more than five days after date on which protester knew basis for protest. Perma-Steel, Inc. (PSI) protests the award of a contract to Lozier Store Fixtures, Inc. (Lozier) under Invitation for Bids (IFB) No. N00250-75-B-0112 (No. 112) issued by the Navy Resale Systems Office, Brooklyn, New York for general grocery shelving. This protest raises two distinct issues. The first concerns the propriety of accepting Lozier's low bid which was received by the Government approximately three hours after bid opening. The second issue raised by PSI concerns the propriety of the cancellation of a predecessor solicitation, IFB N00250-75-B-0068 (No. 68), for similar items. On January 29, 1975, IFB No. 112 was issued with a bid opening date of February 10, 1975. Subsequent amendments extended the bid opening to 10:00 a.m., February 18. Four bidders attended the bid opening at which three responsive bids were revealed. PSI was the apparent low bidder at $197,741.80. Lozier's representative present at the bid opening stated that his -firm's bid had been mailed on February 13, 1975, from its headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. Lozier's bid was not among those received at bid opening. However, Lozier's bid was received by the procuring activity at 1:00 p.m. on February 18. The bid envelope bore a postmark of February 13, 1975. The Navy reports that since Lozier's letter had been sent by certified mail not later than the fifth calendar day prior to the date specified for the receipt of bids, it was con- sidered to have been mailed in sufficient time to have been a - 1 -

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