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B-285484 1 (2000-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaldo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Carroll Gene Brewer File: B-285484 Date: August 22, 2000 M. Keith Blythe, Esq., for the protester. Lori Polin Jones, Esq., Department of Agriculture, 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 Agency properly considered timber sale bid as a mishandled late bid where it was not discovered until after bids were opened due primarily to failure of procurement officials to check bid receiving official's desk for bids prior to bid opening. DECISION Carroll Gene Brewer protests that the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, should have rejected as late the high bid submitted by Travis Lumber Company under the Little Bigger Timber Sale, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Arkansas. We deny the protest. The facts here are undisputed. The timber sale prospectus stated that bids would be opened on May 18, 2000 at 2 p.m., and provided the following mailing address: Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, ATTN: Contracting Officer, 605 West Main Street, Russellville, AR 72801. Agency Report (AR), exh. A, Timber Sale Prospectus, at 1. Bids were to be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked with Bid for Timber and the sale name or number and the date and time of bid opening. AR, exh. A, Timber Sale Prospectus, Bid for Advertised Timber, Instructions to Bidders, at 7. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on May 18, an agency staff officer retrieved from the mailroom all of the mail addressed to the contracting officer and, at 1:40 p.m., since the contracting officer was away from his desk, placed it on the contracting officer's

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