COVID-19 Lockdown No Excuse for Late Filing, GAO says
Koprince Law – In a recent bid protest decision, GAO said being under a COVID-19 “Stay at Home Order” was no reason to miss a comments filing deadline. The deadline for comments was March 26, just as states and cities throughout the country were beginning to issue lockdown orders. According to the case, the protester’s attorney emailed GAO four times to request an extension. GAO said no, noting that the attorney obviously had access to the Internet and presumably the Electronic Protest Docket System (EPDS) where protest documents are uploaded and stored. When the comments were not filed by the extended deadline, GAO dismissed the protest.
