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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
Decision
Matter of: The Severson Group
File: B-414999
Date: September 26, 2017
Robert Severson, The Severson Group, for the protester.
Laura A. Larkin, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the rejection of proposal as late is denied where the record shows
that the solicitation was unambiguous with respect to the date and time for receipt of
proposals, and the protester's proposal was late.
DECISION
The Severson Group, of Carlsbad, California, protests the rejection of the firm's
proposal as late by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
under request for proposals (RFP) No. N40085-17-R-0004 for custodial services.
Severson argues that its proposal was timely submitted because the agency's
subsequent amendments to the solicitation, which extended the date and time for
receipt of proposals were confusing.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFP, issued on May 30, 2017, sought proposals for custodial services with
proposals due on June 30, 2017, at 12:00 p.m., local time, which here is Eastern Time
(ET). Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP, at 1. On June 26, 2017, the agency issued
Amendment No. 0001, which, among other things, extended the due date and time for
proposals to 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time on 07 July 2017. AR, Tab 3,
Amendment No. 0001, at 1. The agency issued Amendment 0002 on June 29, 2017,
and Amendment 0003 on July 5, 2017, which both stated, in pertinent part, [t]he due
date and time remains 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time on 07 July 2017. AR, Tab 4,
Amendment No. 0002, at 1; Tab 5, Amendment No. 0003, at 1.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadtvy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)