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B-299547 1 (2007-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaufk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Northwest Heritage Consultants File: B-299547 Date: May 10, 2007 William S. Hanable, Northwest Heritage Consultants, for the protester. Sherry K. Kaswell, Esq., and Alton E. Woods, Esq., Department of Interior, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly declined to accept Architect-Engineer Qualifications Statements submitted after closing date for such submissions where there is no evidence that improper government action caused the United States Postal Service's failure to make timely delivery of the submissions to the agency. DECISION Northwest Heritage Consultants protests the Department of Interior, National Park Service (NPS) Pacific West Region's rejection as late of its Architect-Engineer (A-E) Qualifications Statements submitted in response to solicitations Nos. N8078070176, N8078070177 and N8078070178, issued by NPS for the acquisition of A-E services for historic preservation design services at regional offices in Oakland, Seattle, and Honolulu. Northwest argues that the agency should have accepted its submissions because the protester sent them by United States Postal Service (USPS) Express Mail, and because the protester believes the USPS carrier attempted to deliver the submissions prior to the closing time for receipt. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On November 17, 2006, NPS published three notices in FedBizOpps seeking Letters of Interest and A-E Qualifications Statements. Agency Report (AR), Tabs VIII A-C. The notices, as amended, required vendors to submit their responses by 2 p.m. on December 22, 2006. Responses were to be mailed or hand-carried to:

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