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B-188329 1 (1977-02-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadekb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Louis Koslakowski C% ,IProc. I THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DIECISION OP TIHE UNITED *TAT7U o, i.dAUHINGTON. D.C. 2054U FILE: B-18832? DATE: N bruary 25, 197 MATTER OF: Lo-Rencin Contracting Co., Inc. DIGEST: Protester's bid sent by certified mail less than 5 calendar days before bid opening and received day after bid opening im late, and not for consideration either under 5-day exception or where late receipt is due solely to Government mishandling. Lo-Rancin Contracting Co., Inc. (Lo-Rencin), protests the rojection of its bid as late by the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, under invitation for bids (IFS) No. 595-13-77. Bids were opened on January 3, 1977. On January 4, 1977, the bid of Lo-Rencin was received by the VA. The envelope in which Lo-Rencin's bid was sent by certified mail is postmarked 7ecember 30, 1976. The bid was considered late under the applicable provision of the solicitation an it ha not been mailed 5 days prior to bid opening. Lo-Re!xin contends that its bid was mailed within the 5-day requirement. Our Office has consiutenitly held that the bidder has the responsibility to assure timely arrival of its bid for a scheduled bid opening and must bear the responsibility of the late arrival of a bid unless the specific conditions set forth in the IFB are met. N.E. Wilsor ContractIng Corp., 55 Comp. Gen. 220 (1975), 75-2 CPD 145, and cases cited therein. The Lo-Rencin protast is based on Federal Procurement Regulations (FiR) 1 1-2.201(31) (1964 ed. amend. 153) which was incorporated into the IFB in the Instructions to Bidders. Thr regulation reads in pertinent parts --

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