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B-419747 Apr 27, 2021 1 (2021-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaolky0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo_ U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: US21, Inc. File: B-419747 Date: April 27, 2021 Christopher R. Shiplett, Esq., Randolph Law, PLLC, for the protester. Matthew Vasquez, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to properly publicize solicitation, and thereby unreasonably limited competition, is dismissed as untimely because the protester knew the basis of its protest more than 10 days prior to filing with our Office. DECISION US21, Inc., a small business of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the decision of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to award multiple contracts under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPE60520R0242, for the supply of fuel products for the U.S. Navy at multiple military installations in the Caribbean. The protester contends that DLA improperly limited competition by failing to properly publicize the solicitation. We dismiss the protest as untimely. On September 10, 2020, DLA issued a request for information (RFI) on beta.sam.gov, the single, government-wide point of entry (GPE), seeking potential sources of supply for its fuel requirements for DLA customers in the Caribbean; responses were due by September 21. Protest, exh. 1 at 2. On December 8, the agency issued the solicitation for its fuel requirements on beta.sam.gov, seeking the submission of proposals by January 25, 2021. Id., exh. 2 at 1. On March 5, the protester spoke with DLA's contract specialist for this procurement, via telephone, who advised the protester that the solicitation requirement was closed. Id., exh. 3 at 2. DLA further informed the protester that the agency had mistakenly listed the solicitation as a sources sought notice rather than as a solicitation on beta.sam.gov. Id. The protester requested that DLA reopen the competition due to the posting error, but the agency declined. Id. at 2. The protester made the same request, several weeks later, on March 25 and April 1. Id.

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