Sent Is Not Received: GAO Applies the RFO’s Late-Submission Rule to Quotation Blocked by a Spam Filter
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Fox Rothschild – The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) may give contracting officers more discretion after a late quotation or offer is received before award. It does not, however, change the fundamental rule that a contractor still must get its submission to the government office designated in the solicitation by the deadline. A sent-message confirmation from the contractor’s own email system is not enough. If an emailed proposal or quotation is stopped by the agency’s security tools before it reaches the designated inbox, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will likely treat the submission as not received.
