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B-294610 1 (2004-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptappc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: InfoGroup Inc. File: B-294610 Date: September 30, 2004 A. Dewey Jordan for the protester. R.T. Baumann III, Esq., Stanley Feldman, Esq., and John Donaldson, Esq., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rejected protester's proposal as late where record shows that protester's failure to include room number on package--not improper government action--was cause of commercial carrier's inability to make timely delivery. DECISION InfoGroup, Inc. protests the rejection of its proposal as late under request for proposals (RFP) No. DTNH22-04-05091, issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), for traffic injury control evaluation and behavioral technology support. We deny the protest. The solicitation informed offerors that proposals were to be received at DOT at the designated place--400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5301, Washington D.C. 20590--by the designated time, Monday, August 16, 2004, at 2 p.m. The solicitation did not include any other directions pertaining to the manner of proposal delivery, and incorporated Federal Acquisition Regulation § 52.215-1, which states that late proposals generally will not be considered for award. InfoGroup sent its proposal by a commercial carrier, FedEx, for overnight delivery on Thursday, August 12. InfoGroup included the street address on the package mailing label and also provided additional information, such as the contracting officer's name and telephone number, but did not include the room number.

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