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B-409859 1 (2014-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqmi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General !Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Valley Quarries, Inc. File: B-409859 Date: August 13, 2014 James W. Kutz, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, for the protester. Milton Hsieh, Esq., Department of Transportation, for the agency. Kathleen A. Gilhooly, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's contention that the agency improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive is denied where the invitation for bids stated that the contract must be completed within 245 calendar days and requested that bidders identify their estimated contract completion times so that the agency could calculate contract administrative costs for evaluation purposes, and the protester's bid specified 280 calendar days for completion of the contract. DECISION Valley Quarries, Inc., a division of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, protests the rejection of its bid and the award of a contract to Rogele, Inc., of Harrisburg, Virginia, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DTFH71-14-B-00012, issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for construction services in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Valley Quarries contends that its bid did not take exception to the IFB's required performance schedule. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The IFB, issued on January 29, 2014, sought bids for pavement and sidewalk reconstruction, street light installation, and other construction services in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The required work was identified on two schedules:

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