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B-276143 1 (1997-05-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafxm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Logistics Management Resources, Inc. File: B-276143 Date: May 15, 1997 Robert M. Cambridge, Esq., for the protester. Major Michael J. O'Farrell, Department of the Army, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rejected a hand-carried proposal delivered after the time set for receipt of proposals where the protester did not allow reasonable time to ensure timely delivery of proposal to the designated location. DECISION Logistics Management Resources, Inc. (LMR) protests as improper the rejection of its proposal as late under request for proposals (RFP) No. DABT60-96-R-0010, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), for information processing support services. We deny the protest. As amended, the RFP provided that the closing time and date for receipt of proposals was 1 p.m., January 30, 1997, at the designated agency issuing office or, if handcarried, to the depository located in Building 2798, TRADOC Contracting Activity, Fort Eustis, Virginia. The RFP incorporated by reference the then applicable late proposals clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 52.215-10 (FAC 90-39), which generally provides that any proposal received at the office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt will not be considered. The clause also provides that the only acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the government installation is the time/date stamp of that installation or other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation. The RFP provided that hand-delivered proposals were to be delivered to the depository in Building 2798. The agency's procedures called for acceptance by the secretary of the director of the contracting activity. It also is not disputed that there was a sign at the reception desk directing visitors to that workstation with an arrow pointing the way to that workstation.

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