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B-191394 1 (1978-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfza0001 and id is 1 raw text is: c. 145 COMPTRCILLER GENERAL DECISION . t P . m THE UNITED STATas t4J:i.9CWASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B-191394 DATE: April 26, 1978 MATTES1 OF:- Presnell-Kidd Associates DIGEST: 1. Protest of agency refusal to consider proposal, hand-delivered after due date for receipt of proposals, is denind where circumstances of late delivery do not fall within anv of the requests for proposals' (RFP) late proposal clause exceptions. 2. Protest of agency refusal to extend due date for receipt of proposals on account of extraordinary we'ther condi- tions or to permit last-minute telegraphic proposals is denied where reasons for refusal are reasonable. Presnell-Kidd Associates (PKA) protests the U.S. Forest Service's rejection of its late proposal submitted in response to solicitation No. R9-78-08 (RFP) for a Feasibility and Desirability Study on the proposed Shawnee Hills National Recreation Area, Shawnee National Forest. The facts are not in dispute. The RFP, which required separate technical and btJget proposals, stated that offers would be received until 3:00 p.m. on February 1, 1978. On Monday, January 30, 1978, PKA orally requested an extension of the time set for receipt of initial proposals because of the severe weather conditions which had halted essential services throughout the midwest. That request was denied. On Wednesday, February 1, 1978 PKA's repre- sentative telephoned the agency seeking information on procedures for sending essential items of the pr6posal by telegram and was advised that such procedures were not authorized for this particular solicitation. Subsequently, sixteen timely proposals and four late proposals were received. The PK4 proposal was hand-delivered twenty minutes late, and Forest Service personnel advised PKA's representative that the proposal could not be considered. 5-I-

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