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B-405754 1 (2011-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadojn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General LAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: SBBI, Inc. File: B-405754 Date: November 23, 2011 Ted Walker, SBBI, Inc., the protester. David Sett, Esq., Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly accepted bids as timely, where the bids were received at the place designated in the solicitation at the applicable local time. DECISION SBBI, Inc., of Sonoita, Arizona, protests the award of a contract under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DTFH68-11-B-00015, issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), for a roadway construction project for the Coronado National Forest, Graham County, Arizona. SBBI contends that all bids delivered to the FHWA Arizona office after 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) were untimely and should not be considered for award. We deny the protest. The IFB was posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website on August 15, 2011 as a HUBZone small business set-aside. The original IFB instructed bidders that bids were due on September 15, 2011 by 1 p.m. MST at the FHWA Central Federal Lands Division office in Lakewood, Colorado. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, IFB, at A-1. Amendment No. 2 was issued on September 7 and changed the place for submission of bids to the FHWA, Arizona Division Office in Phoenix, Arizona. AR, Tab 4, Amend. No. 2, at A-1. The amendment did not change the time for receipt of bids. Five bids were received and accepted. The bids of the protester and another vendor were received before 12:00 p.m. in Arizona on September 15. AR, Tab 5, Bid

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