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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States




Decision


Matter of:  GSI Construction Corporation, Inc.

File:       B-418967

Date:       October 28, 2020

Joshua Owens  for the protester.
Colonel Patricia S. Wiegman-Lenz, Major Laura B. Bauza, Michael J. Farr, Esq., and
Stephen Edward  See, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Raymond  Richards, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that the agency unreasonably failed to consider protester's proposal is denied
where the protester did not to submit its proposal in accordance with the solicitation's
instructions.
DECISION

GSI Construction Corporation, Inc. (GSI), a service-disabled veteran-owned small
business (SDVOSB)  of Pace, Florida, protests the decision of the Department of the Air
Force to exclude its proposal from award consideration under request for proposals
(RFP) No. FA441720R0004  for construction services at Hurlburt Field, Florida. GSI
argues that it submitted a timely proposal and the Air Force acted unreasonably by
failing to consider it.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On June 18, 2020, the Air Force issued the RFP as an SDVOSB set-aside using the
procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, seeking proposals for
construction services to enclose three open-air structural bays in an existing
maintenance and watercraft storage building for the U.S. Special Operations Forces,
Special Tactics and Training Squadron, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Agency Report (AR),
Tab 4, RFP at 1, 5. The RFP contemplated award to the offeror whose proposal
represented the best value to the government. RFP at 61-62. Proposals were due by
2:00 p.m. local time on July 21. Id. at 1.

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