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1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
Decision
Matter of: Richen Management, LLC
File: B-419253
Date: January 12, 2021
Richard McCue, Richen Management, LLC, for the protester.
Michael K. Greene, Esq., Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for the
agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that the agency failed to consider firm's proposal is denied where the protester
cannot demonstrate that the agency received protester's proposal prior to the
established due date for receipt of proposals.
DECISION
Richen Management, LLC, a small company of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, protests the
rejection of its proposal by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
(AOUSC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. NDAL-2020-01 for janitorial services.
The protester contends that, although its proposal was received late, the agency should
have nevertheless considered the proposal for award.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On June 16, 2020, the AOUSC publicly synopsized the RFP on the beta.SAM.gov
website, establishing a due date for proposals of July 10. Agency Report (AR), Tab 7,
Beta-SAM Announcements at 1; Tab 3, RFP. Prior to the due date, the protester
contacted the contracting officer by telephone, inquiring as to the proposal submission
requirements. AR, Tab 12, Agency-Level Protest at 1. During the telephone
conversation, the agency instructed the protester to email in the proposal before the
due date and time and then to mail the proposal there[]after. Id.
On July 17, the contracting officer extended the proposal due date to July 31 by sending
a blind carbon copy (Bcc) email to all known offerors that had either expressed an](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaecgd0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)