B-210349, JAN 17, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: ALLEGATION THAT CONTRACTING AGENCY TERMINATED CONTRACT FOR NO APPARENT REASON IS NOT FOR REVIEW UNDER GAO'S BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED. THE PROTESTER ALLEGES THAT ITS CONTRACT (PURCHASE ORDER NO. 25412) WAS TERMINATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THIS MATTER ON THE MERITS. SINCE THIS IS APPROPRIATELY A MATTER FOR THE BOARDS OF CONTRACT APPEALS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS WHEN THE CONTRACTING AGENCY'S ACTION IS BASED UPON A DETERMINATION THAT THE TERMINATED CONTRACT WAS IMPROPERLY AWARDED. NO SUCH ALLEGATION IS MADE BY FOTO TYPESETTERS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-210349, JAN 17, 1983
DIGEST: ALLEGATION THAT CONTRACTING AGENCY TERMINATED CONTRACT FOR NO APPARENT REASON IS NOT FOR REVIEW UNDER GAO'S BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. THEREFORE, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
FOTO TYPESETTERS, INC.:
FOTO TYPESETTERS, INC., PROTESTS THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE'S TERMINATION OF ITS CONTRACT FOR TYPESETTING REPORTS UNDER PROGRAM NO. B 225-S. THE PROTESTER ALLEGES THAT ITS CONTRACT (PURCHASE ORDER NO. 25412) WAS TERMINATED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THIS MATTER ON THE MERITS.
AS A GENERAL RULE, OUR OFFICE DOES NOT REVIEW AN AGENCY'S DECISION TO TERMINATE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT, SINCE THIS IS APPROPRIATELY A MATTER FOR THE BOARDS OF CONTRACT APPEALS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS WHEN THE CONTRACTING AGENCY'S ACTION IS BASED UPON A DETERMINATION THAT THE TERMINATED CONTRACT WAS IMPROPERLY AWARDED. JACOBS & SON PAINTING AND DECORATING, B-204105, AUGUST 6, 1981, 81-2 CPD 103. NO SUCH ALLEGATION IS MADE BY FOTO TYPESETTERS, INC. MOREOVER, OUR OFFICE DOES NOT REVIEW MATTERS RELATED TO TERMINATIONS FOR DEFAULT. SEE ENERGY CONSERVATION UNLIMITED, INC., B-207107, APRIL 27, 1982, 82-1 CPD 395.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.