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G A 0 Comptroller General
Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
D ..
Decision
Matter of: Latvian Connection Trading and Construction, LLC
File: B-402410
Date: February 25, 2010
Victor A. Kubli, Esq., Kubli & Associates, P.C., for the protester.
Maj. William J. Nelson, Department of the Army, for the agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency's award of a contract to an offeror other than the protester is
unobjectionable where the record reflects that the protester electronically sent, but
the agency did not receive, the protester's proposal by the due date for receipt of
proposals.
DECISION
Latvian Connection Trading and Construction, LLC, of Healdsburg, California,
protests the award of a contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91B4K-10-
R-0001, issued by the Department of the Army, for generators.
We deny the protest.
The RFP was issued for the provision of generators to the Fenty Forward Operating
Base in Afghanistan. The solicitation provided for the award of a fixed-price
contract to the offeror submitting the lowest priced, technically acceptable proposal.
RFP at 3-11, 24. The RFP, which had a closing date and time of November 12, 2009,
at 1 p.m. eastern standard time, provided that proposals could be submitted either
electronically or in hard copy. Id. at 1, 21. The solicitation cautioned offerors that
they were responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or
withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by
the time specified in the solicitation. Id. at 16. The RFP added, in relevant part, that
[a]ny offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the
Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for
receipt of offers [will be] 'late' and will not be considered. Id. at 17.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadbey0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)