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B-421533 May 31, 2023 1 (2023-05-31)

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              G  A  =U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                   Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                              of the United States
                                                 DOCUMENT   FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                               The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                               GAO Protective Order. No party requested redactions;
D  ecisio     n                                we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety.


Matter of:   Correct Solutions, LLC

File:        B-421533

Date:        May 31, 2023

Luke F. Piontek, Esq., and Raven A. Bourque, Esq., Roedel Parsons Blache Fontana
Piontek & Pisano, for the protester.
William J. Selinger, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's proposal as late is denied where the
record shows that protester submitted its proposal to incorrect email addresses which
did not reach the agency, and where protester sent a second copy to the correct email
addresses after the closing time for receipt of proposals.
DECISION

Correct Solutions, LLC, of Ruston, Louisiana, protests the rejection of its proposal under
request for proposals (RFP) No. 70CDCR23R00000005,   issued by the Department of
Homeland  Security (DHS), United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement  (USICE), for commercial communications services for detention and
removal operations nationwide. Correct argues that its proposal was improperly
rejected as late.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP,  issued January 30, 2023, sought proposals from small businesses to provide
telephone and video services for use by noncitizens at 39 USICE primary facilities for a
2-year base period and four 2-year option periods. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP

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