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B-199930, OCT 16, 1980

B-199930 Oct 16, 1980
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DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED BY PROTEST WHEN SOLICITATION UNDERLYING IT HAS BEEN CANCELED. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED BY A PROTEST WHEN THE SOLICITATION UNDERLYING IT HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-199930, OCT 16, 1980

DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED BY PROTEST WHEN SOLICITATION UNDERLYING IT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

AMERICAN ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC.:

AMERICAN ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC., HAS PROTESTED THE REJECTION OF ITS PROPOSAL TO SUPPLY AIRCRAFT RADAR ANTENNAS TO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER A SOLE-SOURCE REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS ISSUED BY THE AIR FORCE TO AMERICAN NUCLEONICS CORPORATION.

ON AUGUST 22, 1980, THE AIR FORCE CANCELED THE REQUIREMENT. THE PROTESTER INDICATES THAT IT EXPECTS FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAME ANTENNA AND ASKS THAT WE CONSIDER ITS PROTEST IN SPITE OF THE CANCELLATION OF THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT. HOWEVER, 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. POWER TESTING, INC., B-195267, NOVEMBER 13, 1979, 79-2 CPD 350; I. ALPER COMPANY, B-196598, MARCH 10, 1980, 80-1 CPD 186.

THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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