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B-213921 1 (1984-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlms0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLEN UENERAL OKCISION .-OP THE UNITED ETATE WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20543 FILE: B-213921 DATE: January 19, 1984 MATTER OF: Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Unless a late proposal for a Federal Supply Schedule contract falls within one of the exceptions set forth in Federal Procurement Regulations' standard late proposal clause, General Services Administration generally may not consider it. Protester's failure to receive a copy of solicitation does not change the rule when there is adequate compe- tition and no showing that GSA intended to exclude the firm from such competition. 2. Synopsis in the Commerce Business Daily con- stitutes constructive notice of a solicita- tion and its contents, so that an incumbent contractor's failure to receive a copy and consequent lack of actual notice of the closing date for receipt of initial proposals does not provide a legal basis for consider- ing its late proposal. 3. In a protest that GAO summarily denies because it is clear from the initial submis- sion that it lacks legal merit, request for a conference will be declined because it would serve no useful purpose. Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. protests the fact that it did not receive a copy of a General Services Administration solicitation for a multiple award Federal Supply Schedule contract and consequently missed the December 2, 1983 closing date for receipt of initial proposals. The firm states that it plans to submit a late proposal and requests that our Office instruct GSA to give it full consideration.

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