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B-202423 1 (1981-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjhi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L, F / . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THe UNITED STATES WASHIN GTON 0. 2054 8 FILE: B-202423 DATE: April 16, 1981 MATTER OF: The Land Group of Salt Lake City DIG EST: Zlaim for proposal preparation cos j is dismissed where con- sideration of claim would require GAO to consider untimely raised issue in circumvention of GAO's Bid Protest Procedures. The Land Group of Salt Lake City (Land Group) requests reimbursement for its proposal preparation costs under request for proposals (RFP) No. WASO-80-8 issued by the National Park Service (NPS), Department of the Interior. According to its initial submission, the Land Group mailed its proposal package by express mail ser- vice on September 17, 1980. The RFP specified that NPS had to receive all proposals no later than 3 p.m. on September 18, 1980. The United States Postal Service had assured the Land Group that its proposal would be delivered prior to 3 p.m., on the 18th. How- ever, on October 3, 1980, NPS notified the Land Group that its proposal would not be considered since the time-date stamp on the package showed that it had been received at 4:15 p.m., or more than an hour after the deadline set for the receipt of proposals. By letter dated October 8, 1980, counsel for the Land Group filed a protest with NPS stating that they had learned from the Postal Service that the Land Group proposal had been delivered to the agency's mailroom at 7:15 a.m., on September 18, 1980. This letter further stated that upon obtaining a legible copy of the Postal Service receipt, counsel for the. claim- ant would again be in contact with NPS. A timeframe of approximately 2 weeks was mentioned. AL§- I92

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