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B-418608 1 (2020-06-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebic0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Prestige Lawncare, Inc. File: B-418608 Date: June 22, 2020 Michael Dial for the protester. Allen Black, Esq., and David Zhai, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging agency unreasonably rejected protester's untimely submission of its quotation is denied where rejection was reasonable and in accordance with terms of solicitation. DECISION Prestige Lawncare, Inc., a small business of Little Rock, Arkansas, protests the rejection of its quotation under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W9127S-20-Q-0028, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps), for park services. The protester argues that the agency should have accepted its quotation, despite its late submission, because the agency failed to respond to questions submitted by the protester in a timely manner. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 6, 2020, the Corps issued the RFQ in accordance with the format of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6. Agency Report (AR), Tab 6, RFQ at 2; Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The agency sought a vendor to provide park services, such as park attendant duties, cleaning, mowing and trimming, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Id. The solicitation, which was set aside for small businesses, anticipated that source selection would be based solely on price. Id. The due date for

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