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B-401148 1 (2009-06-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadawm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL .L A - GA O Comptroller General fi.7!7 Accountabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: ALJUCAR, LLC File: B-401148 Date: June 8, 2009 Rudy Sutherland for the protester. Karen M. Reilley, Esq., and Monica A. Ceruti, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rejected protester's hand-delivered proposal as late where the protester significantly contributed to the late receipt of the proposal by failing to allow sufficient time for timely delivery of the proposal. DECISION ALJUCAR, LLC, of Missouri City, Texas, protests the agency's rejection of its proposal as late under request for proposals (RFP) No. NNJ09227181R, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, for process improvement and project services. The protester, which allowed only 8 minutes from arrival at a Space Center security checkpoint to drive to the building designated for the receipt of proposals, contends that a delay allegedly caused by improper action by the security guard at the checkpoint made it impossible for the protester to timely deliver its proposal. We deny the protest. The RFP provided that [o]fferors are responsible for submitting proposals ... so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation . . .. [A proposal received] after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is 'late' and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the