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B-422542.2 Jun 07, 2024 1 (2024-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqji0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G- AOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Home EC, Inc. d/b/a Connect Homes File: B-422542.2 Date: June 7, 2024 Irina J. Mazor, Esq., and Peter F. Lindborg, Esq., Lindborg & Mazor, LLP, for the protester. Matthew Lane, Esq., Ekta Patel, Esq., and Lisa Dilliplane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably rejected the offeror's proposal as late is dismissed where the Uniform Time Act of 1966 establishes a standard time for purposes of government operations, and the proposal was submitted after the time set for receipt of proposals in the applicable time zone. DECISION Home EC, Inc. d/b/a Connect Homes, of Mesa, Arizona, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70FBR924R00000005, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the manufacturing and installation of temporary housing units. Connect Homes argues that the agency unreasonably rejected its proposal as late. We dismiss the protest. On March 26, 2024, FEMA issued the RFP for the manufacturing, designing, transportation, and installing of temporary housing units in Maui, Hawaii. See Protest, exh. A, RFP, amend. 2 at 6-38.1 The RFP contemplates the award of multiple indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to be performed over a 1-year base 1 The protester submitted its exhibits as part of the protest in one combined Adobe PDF document. When referencing the exhibits, GAO uses the PDF page numbers for the document rather than the page numbers listed on individual pages of the filing.

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