B-192772, OCT 11, 1978
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST REGARDING SOLICITATION WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELED BY PROCURING AGENCY IS MOOT. THESE FIRMS CONTEND THAT THE BONDING REQUIREMENTS ARE RESTRICTIVE. THE TIME SET FOR COMPLETION OF THE WORK IS UNREASONABLE. THE TIME ALLOWED FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS IS INADEQUATE. THE PROTEST IS MOOT. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE MATTER FURTHER. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-192772, OCT 11, 1978
DIGEST: PROTEST REGARDING SOLICITATION WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELED BY PROCURING AGENCY IS MOOT.
EXHIBIT DESIGNERS & PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION; GENERAL EXHIBITS, INC.; PRESENTATION SOUTH, INC.:
EXHIBIT DESIGNERS & PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, GENERAL EXHIBITS, INC., AND PRESENTATION SOUTH, INC., PROTEST SEVERAL ALLEGED RESTRICTIVE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) EU-78-B-01-6327, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) FOR A FUSION EXHIBIT. THESE FIRMS CONTEND THAT THE BONDING REQUIREMENTS ARE RESTRICTIVE, THE TIME SET FOR COMPLETION OF THE WORK IS UNREASONABLE, AND THE TIME ALLOWED FOR SUBMISSION OF BIDS IS INADEQUATE.
BY LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 14, 1978, THE DOE INFORMED OUR OFFICE THAT THE SUBJECT IFB HAS BEEN CANCELED AND, THEREFORE, THE PROTEST IS MOOT. SEE HEWITT CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, B-190909, MAY 11, 1978, 78-1 CPD 363.
ACCORDINGLY, OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE MATTER FURTHER. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.