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B-280984 1 (1998-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahxn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Valenzuela Engineering, Inc. File: B-280984 Date: December 16, 1998 Jerry H. Valenzuela for the protester. Clark J. Hulce, Esq., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Jeanne W. Isrin, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Proposal properly was rejected as late where it was received at the designated location 50 minutes after the closing time, and evidence does not support protester's contention that it was timely delivered to the installation and then conveyed to the contracting officer after the closing time due to government mishandling. DECISION Valenzuela Engineering, Inc. (VEI) protests the rejection of its proposal as late under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACA05-98-R-0044, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for operation and maintenance of groundwater treatment systems at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, and Defense Depot Ogden, Utah. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated award of a fixed-price contract for preventive maintenance, calibration, servicing, corrective repairs, sampling and analysis, and engineering services for the groundwater treatment systems at the depots. RFP § B, at B-1. Hand-carried proposals were to be submitted by 11 a.m. on August 24, 1998 to the Plan Room, First Floor of the Army facility at 1325 J Street, Sacramento, California. RFP § L.3, at L-2. VEI's proposal was not received in the Plan Room until approximately 11:50 a.m. on August 24. The contracting officer thus rejected it as late. VEI maintains that its proposal was delivered by Federal Express to the agency mailroom at 10:05 a.m., which should have allowed adequate time for the proposal to be conveyed by agency personnel to the Plan Room by 11 a.m. VEI concludes that the late receipt of its proposal must have resulted from government mishandling, and that its proposal should be considered timely.

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