B-200031, SEP 8, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST OF TERMINATION OF CONTRACT FOR CONVENIENCE OF GOVERNMENT IS DISMISSED SINCE DECISION TO TERMINATE INVOLVES MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND IS NOT REVIEWED BY GAO UNDER BID PROTEST PROCEDURES EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT APPLICABLE HERE. BAYTRON CONTENDS THAT THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A CONTRACT SHOULD BE TERMINATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND. IS NOT REVIEWED BY THIS OFFICE. THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE DISMISSED.
B-200031, SEP 8, 1980
DIGEST: PROTEST OF TERMINATION OF CONTRACT FOR CONVENIENCE OF GOVERNMENT IS DISMISSED SINCE DECISION TO TERMINATE INVOLVES MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND IS NOT REVIEWED BY GAO UNDER BID PROTEST PROCEDURES EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT APPLICABLE HERE.
BAYTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION:
BAYTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION (BAYTRON) PROTESTS THE TERMINATION FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ITS CONTRACT NO. F04606-77A-0014 BL01, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
BAYTRON CONTENDS THAT THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
GENERALLY, THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A CONTRACT SHOULD BE TERMINATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND, WITH ONE EXCEPTION NOT RELEVANT HERE, IS NOT REVIEWED BY THIS OFFICE. ANTILLES PRODUCE, INC., B-193159, DECEMBER 15, 1978, 78-2 CPD 418.
THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE DISMISSED.