In its October 2016 decision in Bluehorse Corporation, the GAO ruled that the Bureau of Indian Affairs failed to properly publicize its diesel fuel RFQ and ordered it to cancel and re-issue its solicitation. The agency maintained that it met its posting obligations since it invited three bidders by email on the Saturday prior to the Monday bid deadline and over the weekend placed a copy of the RFQ in a three-ring binder at the reception desk of the closed government building. The GAO disagreed, finding that the three-quote process was flawed since one of the three invited suppliers was a propane rather than diesel supplier and that, in any event, the contract value required a proper electronic posting.
