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B-204144.2 1 (1981-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjbj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-204144.2 September 8, 1981 The Honorable Marge Roukema House of Representatives Dear Ms. Roukema: We refer to your letter of August 13, 1981, on behalf of Endevco, San Juan Capistrano, California concerning the General Services Administration's (GSA) rejection of that firm's late offer under solicitation No. FCGS-F-90200-N-2-18-81. The solicitation was for a multiple award schedule contract. You state that you are aware that Endevco's late proposal was not considered in view of General Accounting Office's recommendation that GSA establish firm cut-off dates for the receipt of proposals under multiple award schedule solicitations. The reason for the recommendation was that without such dates late offerors have the chance to learn what their competitors are offering before submitting their own offers, and thus can gain competitive advantages. You suggest that the rationale for our recommenda- tion does not apply to Endevco's situation, since the contracting activity received the firm's offer only five minutes after the time for proposal receipt speci- fied in the solicitation, 3 p.m. on February 18, 1981, and the offer was in GSA's hands before that time. Also, you enclosed with your letter a copy of GSA Federal Sup- ply Schedule Procurement Letter No. 324, dated March 13, 1981, in which GSA stated that after that date it would accept a late proposal for a multiple award schedule contract if the proposal offers significant cost or technical advantages to the Government and is received before any awards have been made. The document further states that prudent judgment should be used when deciding whether to accept a late proposal. Accordingly, and since Endevco asserts that the Government would save money by accepting the firm's offer, you suggest it would be in the Government's interest to consider the offer. 'I / ; b- I

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