B-213208, JAN 9, 1984
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED WHERE THE UNDERLYING SOLICITATION HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE PROTESTER PRIMARILY CONTENDS THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS IMPROPERLY OPENED PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF CAPITAL GAMING'S PROPOSAL AND THAT NEITHER PROPOSAL WAS PROPERLY EVALUATED. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED BY A PROTEST WHEN THE SOLICITATION UNDERLYING IT HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-213208, JAN 9, 1984
DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED WHERE THE UNDERLYING SOLICITATION HAS BEEN CANCELED, AND THIS CANCELLATION RENDERS THE PROTEST ACADEMIC.
SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC.:
SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC. PROTESTS THE PROPOSED AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO CAPITAL GAMING, INC. UNDER A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES CONTROL BOARD FOR INSTANT LOTTERY GAME TICKETS. THE PROTESTER PRIMARILY CONTENDS THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS IMPROPERLY OPENED PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF CAPITAL GAMING'S PROPOSAL AND THAT NEITHER PROPOSAL WAS PROPERLY EVALUATED.
ON DECEMBER 7, 1983, THE LOTTERY BOARD VOTED TO CANCEL THE RFP AND ISSUE A NEW SOLICITATION FOR THE LOTTERY TICKETS. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED BY A PROTEST WHEN THE SOLICITATION UNDERLYING IT HAS BEEN CANCELED, SINCE CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION RENDERS THE PROTEST ACADEMIC. AMERICAN ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC., B-199930, OCTOBER 16, 1980, 80-2 CPD 289.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.