Opinion ID: 688720
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The GSA's Interpretation of GSAR Sec. 552.270-3(a).

Text: 18 GSAR Sec. 552.270-3(a) provides in pertinent part: 19 Any offer received at the office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of best and final offers will not be considered unless it is received before award is made and it [satisfies specified mailing requirements or is the only offer received]. 20 48 C.F.R. Sec. 552.270-3(a). 21 The GSA maintains that it has consistently interpreted and applied GSAR Sec. 552.270-3(a) to allow for the consideration of bids received before the deadline for BAFOs. Thus, according to the deposition testimony of a GSA contracting officer, the date for the submission of initial bids stated in an SFO is a date by which [the GSA is] looking to get ... expressions of interest, but the GSA accept[s] offers up until close of best and final offers as a matter of policy. See GBA Assocs. v. United States, Gen. Servs. Admin., No. C.A. 93-1442-A, slip op. at 13 (reasonable and acceptable for GSA to construe GSAR Sec. 552.270-3 to permit consideration of offers received before BAFO deadline). 22