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B-271186 1 (1996-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaede0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Ed Kocharian & Company, Inc. File: B-271186 Date: April 1, 1996 Herman M. Braude, Esq., and Robert D. Windus, Esq., Braude & Margulies, for the protester. Lynn J. Bush, Esq., Diane D. Hayden, Esq., and George N. Brezna, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Tania L. Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest against agency's acceptance of late bid is denied where the record establishes that the hand-carried bid was received by the agency prior to the time set for bid opening; the paramount cause for the bid's late receipt at the office designated for bid opening was the inappropriately locked door to the office designated for deposit of hand-delivered bids followed by the agency's mishandling of the bid after its receipt; and the integrity of the procurement system was not compromised by the agency's consideration of the bid. DECISION Ed Kocharian & Company, Inc. protests the award of a contract to PBM Mechanical, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. N62477-96-B-0020, issued by the Department of the Navy to replace chillers at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. The protester argues that PBM's bid was delivered late and should not have been considered for award. We deny the protest. The IFB stated that bid opening would be held at 2 p.m. on February 7, 1996. Bidders were to deposit all hand-delivered bids in the bid box of the Plans/Specifications office, located on the first floor of Building 212 at the Washington Navy Yard, 901 M Street, SE, Washington, D.C., prior to the time set for bid opening. Twenty-four bids were opened at the 2 p.m. bid opening, with Ed Kocharian submitting the apparent low bid of $277,800. PBM's bid of $242,999 was not opened at that time because it was not in the bid box in the Plans/Specifications office. 90041

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