United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-06-29 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-279575 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279575 P0b002ee18fd47766 f:279575 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-279575 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-279575 B-279575 Comptroller General Decision Bid in an envelope marked "BID ENCLOSED," which was hand-carried by commercial carrier to the contracting agency's mailroom several hours before bid opening but was not received by the contracting office where the bid depository was located until after bid opening, was late and not properly accepted for award; rather than government mishandling being the primary or paramount cause of the lateness, the mailroom's routing of the bid to another office in the same building that also handles bids was attributable to the bidder's failure to mark its commercial carrier-provided envelope as required by Federal Acquisition Regulation sec. 52.214-5 when using a commercial carrier to deliver a bid. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279575/html/GAOREPORTS-B-279575.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279575/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-279575.pdf GAO/B-279575 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279575 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-279575; Boines Construction & Equipment Co., Inc., B-279575, June 29,;