Contractor Delays Reading Solicitation; GAO Denies Proposal Extension

A contractor’s technical problems in accessing a solicitation did not entitle the contractor to an extension to submit its proposal, because the contractor delayed attempting to read the solicitation until nearly three weeks after it was issued.

In a recent bid protest decision, the GAO suggested that the contractor’s failure to try to access the solicitation was unreasonable, and held and that the agency was justified in refusing to extend the proposal due date.

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Agency’s FedBizOpps Slip-Up Leads to Sustained GAO Protest

The GAO has made it clear that contractors are considered to have “constructive knowledge” of items agencies post on the FedBizOpps website.  When agencies post on FedBizOpps, though, they must properly classify the posted information, or a GAO bid protest will be sustained, as was the case in TMI Management Systems, Inc., B-401530 (September 28, 2009).

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