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[Protest of Termination and Resolicitation of Contract by VA]

B-211474.2,B-212473 Published: Oct 11, 1983. Publicly Released: Oct 11, 1983.
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A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) termination and resolicitation of the firm's laundry services contract. The award had been protested by another offerer and VA determined that, although it had awarded the contract for the lowest priced, technically acceptable proposal, the solicitation failed to list such criteria as an evaluation factor and the award was improper. VA terminated the contract and resolicited for the services to note that the criteria would be considered in bid evaluation. The protester maintained that the award was proper based on the specified evaluation criteria and should not have have been terminated. GAO held that: (1) the original award was improper because VA did not obtain competition on the basis of its true needs; (2) the firm that complained of the award was not eligible to receive the award; (3) the VA termination decision promoted the integrity of the contract award process and was not objectionable merely because it may have been premature; and (4) the protester's argument that five other contracts should also have been terminated for identical reasons was untimely. Accordingly, the protest was denied in part and dismissed in part.

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Cancellation protestsCompetitionContract terminationEvaluation criteriaImproper award of contractResolicitationBid evaluation protests