Opinion ID: 688720
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Fairness Concerns.

Text: 39 Aerolease stressed the unfairness of allowing a late bidder to compete with bidders who met the initial deadline for submission of bids, and undertook to keep their bids open during a period when the late bidder assumed no similar obligation. See 31 Fed.Cl. at 365-68; see also id. at 378 (denying reconsideration). All of the initial bidders in this case were or should have been aware, however, of the GSA's policy to allow late bids until the BAFO deadline. Further, parties like 60 Key who submit bids by the initial date specified in the SFO have the competitive advantage of additional time to negotiate an acceptable bid by the BAFO deadline. In any event, the statutes and regulations that govern federal procurement policies are not designed to establish private 'entitlements' to public business, but rather to produce the best possible contracts for the government in the majority of cases. Delta Data Systems Corp. v. Webster, 744 F.2d 197, 206 (D.C.Cir.1984). 40 In sum, we perceive no innate unfairness in a procurement system that encourages early submission of proposals, but does not deprive the government or the public of the benefit of later, more advantageous offers.