An agency’s spam filter prevented an offeror’s proposal from reaching the Contracting Officer in time to be considered for award–and the GAO denied the offeror’s protest of its exclusion.
A recent GAO bid protest decision demonstrates the importance of confirming that a procuring agency has received an electronically submitted proposal because even if the proposal is blocked by the agency’s own spam filter, the agency might not be required to consider it.
GAO’s decision in Blue Glacier Management Group, Inc., B-412897 (June 30, 2016) involved a Treasury Department RFQ for cybersecurity defense services. The RFQ was issued as a small business set-aside under GSA Schedule 70.
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