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 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-04-18 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-295836 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295836 P0b002ee180397466 f:295836 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-B-295836 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-295836 B-295836 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency properly considered late proposal revision because agency action was paramount cause of late delivery of the revision and acceptance would not compromise the integrity of the competitive process, where agency extended the closing date for receipt of proposals to Saturday (not a business day of agency) from Friday after issuing a material amendment on Thursday; a commercial carrier unsuccessfully attempted delivery of the proposal revision on Saturday, but the agency's doors were locked and the agency had not posted delivery instructions for that day to advise that agency personnel were on-site to accept deliveries; and the proposal revision was delivered to agency by commercial carrier on Monday, the next business day.<p/> 2. Agency's decision in a "best value" negotiated procurement selecting for award a higher-priced proposal that offered a superior quality control program was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295836/html/GAOREPORTS-B-295836.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295836/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-295836.pdf GAO/B-295836 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295836 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-295836; B-295836; B-295836.2, Hospital Klean of Texas, Inc., April 18, 2005;