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SG A O Comptroller General
Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Brian X. Scott
File: B-410195
Date: November 7, 2014
Brian X. Scott, for the protester.
Kelly E. Rogers, Esq., Kimberly Foxx, Esq., Gordon Ivins, Esq., Department of the
Navy, for the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Contracting agency reasonably rejected the protester's proposal as late where the
record shows that the proposal was delivered to a centralized mail sorting facility
and then routed to the contracting office specified in the solicitation after the time
set for receipt of proposals. Receipt at the agency's mail facility does not constitute
receipt at the designated contract facility specified in the solicitation.
DECISION
Brian X. Scott, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, protests the rejection of his proposal
as late under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00033-14-R-5220, issued by the
Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command (MSC), for a series of voyages to
perform resupply deliveries to islands off the coast of California.
The protest is denied.
The RFP was issued on June 20, 2014.1 The solicitation advised that
hand-delivered and mailed proposals were to be delivered to MSC offices at the
Washington Navy Yard by 2:00 p.m. on July 30. RFP, amend. 5 at 97.2 The
1 The Navy advised that the independent government estimate for this requirement
is [DELETED]. Contracting Officer (CO) Statement at 1.
2 Page citations to documents in the agency report (AR) are to the Bates numbers
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