B-217482, FEB 14, 1985, 85-1 CPD 200
Highlights
QUESTIONS - SOLICITATION CANCELLED DIGEST: A PROTEST IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE THE SOLICITATION ON WHICH THE PROTEST IS BASED HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE LABORATORY IS OPERATED FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. TRIUMPH ASSERTS THAT ITS PROPOSAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AND CONSIDERED BY THE LABORATORY SINCE THE PROPOSAL WAS SUBMITTED LATE ALLEGEDLY AS A RESULT OF TRIUMPH'S LATE RECEIPT OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE RFP SOME 9 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST WHEN THE SOLICITATION UNDERLYING IT HAS BEEN CANCELED SINCE CANCELLATION OF THE RFP RENDERS THE PROTEST ACADEMIC. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-217482, FEB 14, 1985, 85-1 CPD 200
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - MOOT, ACADEMIC, ETC. QUESTIONS - SOLICITATION CANCELLED DIGEST: A PROTEST IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE THE SOLICITATION ON WHICH THE PROTEST IS BASED HAS BEEN CANCELED.
TRIUMPH UNITED CORP.:
TRIUMPH UNITED CORP. (TRIUMPH) PROTESTS THE REJECTION OF ITS PROPOSALS AS LATE UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. 84-328A ISSUED BY THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (LABORATORY), FOR PREVENTIVE AND REMEDIAL MAINTENANCE OF OVERHEAD CRANES. THE LABORATORY IS OPERATED FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. TRIUMPH ASSERTS THAT ITS PROPOSAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AND CONSIDERED BY THE LABORATORY SINCE THE PROPOSAL WAS SUBMITTED LATE ALLEGEDLY AS A RESULT OF TRIUMPH'S LATE RECEIPT OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE RFP SOME 9 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT SUBSEQUENT TO TRIUMPH'S FILING OF ITS PROTEST, THE LABORATORY CANCELED THE RFP DUE TO BUDGETING AND OTHER RESTRAINTS. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST WHEN THE SOLICITATION UNDERLYING IT HAS BEEN CANCELED SINCE CANCELLATION OF THE RFP RENDERS THE PROTEST ACADEMIC. AVIATION ENTERPRISES INC.; JANELLE AVIATION, B-215662; B-215662.2, OCT. 9, 1984, 84-2 CPD PARA. 392. ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.