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B-281261 1 (1999-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajfv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: American Material Handling, Inc. File: B-281261 Date: January 19, 1999 Sid Goss for the protester. Dennis A. Walker, Esq., for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jerold D. Cohen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's refusal to extend the date quotations were due is denied, where it was only on the due date that the protester requested (and the agency provided) information which the firm deemed necessary to prepare its quotation; the protester's inability to prepare and submit a timely quotation was due to its own failure to promptly request and obtain the information, rather than any improper action by the agency. DECISION American Material Handling, Inc. (AMH) protests the rejection of its offer under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP3100-98-Q-0018, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for tote boxes--open-top containers used for transporting packages on conveyor systems. AMH states that the RFQ did not provide the weight for the tote boxes, and challenges DLA's subsequent refusal to extend the deadline for the submission of quotations after this information was provided to it by the agency. We deny the protest. DLA issued the solicitation on August 5, 1998 for 4,000 tote boxes to be used as replacements and spares. The solicitation's specifications detailed dimensional requirements, RFQ Specification for Tote Boxes at 4, so that the new tote boxes would function properly with the conveyor system and would nest (stack) with the other previously acquired tote boxes. To further ensure size compatibility, the RFQ specified that an injection-molding process be used, with an existing government- owned single cavity injection mold that DLA would supply as government-furnished property. Id. at 3-4. The RFQ also required that the tote boxes be made of ABS- Polymerland ABSIGP resin. Id. at 4. Shortly before noon on August 31, the closing date for receipt of quotations, AMH, which is a manufacturer's representative, asked for information about the weight of

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