Global Solutions Network, Inc.
Highlights
Global Solutions Network, Inc. protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. BPD-06-R-0015, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), for administrative and clerical support services. Global asserts that the cancellation lacked a rational basis.
B-299424, Global Solutions Network, Inc., April 20, 2007
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The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.
Decision
Matter of: Global Solutions Network, Inc.
Gerald H. Werfel, Esq., Pompan, Murray & Werfel, PLC, for the protester.
David T. Copenhaver, Esq., and Mary C. Schaffer, Esq., Bureau of the Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, for the agency.
Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Cancellation of solicitation was unobjectionable where agency reasonably determined solicitation may no longer accurately reflect its needs.
DECISION
Global Solutions Network, Inc. protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. BPD-06-R-0015, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), for administrative and clerical support services. Global asserts that the cancellation lacked a rational basis.
The Bureau of the Public Debt awards and administers contracts on behalf of Treasury's FedSource branch offices, which operate as part of the agency's franchise fund. The franchise fund primarily provides contracting services (including administrative and financial services) to federal agencies on a reimbursable basis. The RFP, issued on
Global timely submitted a proposal by the July 21 closing time. According to the contracting officer, as proposals were being evaluated in October, a working group was established within the agency to consider FedSource's future. Contracting Officer's Statement at 2. The working group debated the agency's continued support of FedSource, and established a timeline of 1 year to determine the fund's future and the contract needs for BPD.
Global challenges the agency's rationale for canceling the RFP. The protester asserts that the purpose of the solicitation is to provide the administrative, clerical and light industrial needs of customer agencies, and that this need still exists.
Cancellation is appropriate where an agency conducts a reassessment that suggests the solicitation may not reflect its needs, such that the agency is uncertain whether the requirement will exist in the future. Peterson-Nunez Joint Venture, B'258788,
The protest is denied.
Gary L. Kepplinger
General Counsel