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B-273010 1 (1996-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaekj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: AABLE Tank Services, Inc. File: B-273010 Date: November 12, 1996 Emmett Bonfield for the protester. Daryl L. Streed for Environmental Contractors of Illinois, Inc., an intervenor. Joshua A. Kranzberg, Esq., and Melinda N. Finucane, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Jerold D. Cohen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Solicitation provided that bids were due at Savanna, Illinois by 2 p.m. local time, but low bidder sent its bid to Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania--which had issued the solicitation--at the direction of the Letterkenny contract specialist (identified in the solicitation as the person to contact for further information), where the bid was opened at 2 p.m. Letterkenny time (1 hour ahead of Savanna time). Acceptance of the bid was proper, since government misdirection of the bid to Letterkenny was the sole cause of the bid's nonreceipt at Savanna, and acceptance would not compromise the integrity of the competitive system. DECISION AABLE Tank Services, Inc. protests the proposed award of a contract to Environmental Contractors of Illinois, Inc. (ECI) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DAAC67-96-B-0027 issued by the Department of the Army's Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD) in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for the removal and installation of underground fuel storage tanks at the Savanna Army Depot Activity in Savanna, Illinois. AABLE argues that ECI's bid should be rejected because it was not delivered to the address specified in the solicitation. We deny the protest. The IFB's cover page (Standard Form 1442) indicated that the solicitation was issued by LEAD (item 7); that a vendor should address offer to Savanna (item 8); and that bids were due, for public opening, at the place specified in item 8 by 2 p.m. local time on Thursday June 20, 1996 (item 13). According to the Army, the cover page was mistaken in that LEAD normally both issues solicitations and holds bid openings for Savanna procurements expected to exceed $25,000 (Savanna is 5361112

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