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B-419247 1 (2020-12-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecll0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Land Logistics File: B-419247 Date: December 31, 2020 Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., and Quinten R. Fisher, Esq., Koprince Law, LLC, for the protester. Matthew Lane, Esq., and Megan Chester, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, 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 Protests challenging agency's rejection of quotations as late are denied where rejection was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitations. DECISION Ray Land, Inc., d/b/a Land Logistics, a small business of Branford, Florida, protests the agency's rejection of its quotations as late, under two requests for quotations (RFQ) (No. 70FB8020Q00000001 and No. 70FB8020Q00000002), issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for transportable temporary housing unit (TTHU) general living kits (RFQ -0001) and bedroom kits (RFQ -0002). The protester contends that the agency unreasonably concluded its quotations were late. We deny the protests. BACKGROUND On December 5, 2019, FEMA issued the RFQs as small business set-asides and in accordance with the simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 13.5. Agency Report (AR), Tab D, RFQ -0001 at 2; RFQ -0002 at 2; Tab A, Contracting Officer's Statement of Fact (COSF) at 1. The RFQs contemplated the establishment of blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) to acquire TTHU general living kits and bedroom kits for eligible disaster survivors on an as-needed basis. RFQ- 0001 at 36; RFQ -0002 at 36. General living kits, as described by the agency, include items

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