CO’s Comments Did Not Amend Solicitation’s Deadline for Quotations; GAO B-417323, Robertson & Penn Inc. dba Cusseta Laundry

Protest arguing the agency should have considered the protester’s late quotation is denied, where the solicitation included FAR language governing the timeliness of submissions, even though the language used the term “offer” instead of “quotations.” GAO also found that any oral communications from the CO could not be interpreted as extending the deadline for quotations, because oral comments do not serve to amend a solicitation.