B-217552, FEB 21, 1985, 85-1 CPD 221
Highlights
QUESTIONS - SOLICITATION CANCELLED DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED WHERE THE UNDERLYING SOLICITATION HAS BEEN CANCELED AND THE CANCELLATION RENDERS THE PROTEST ACADEMIC. THE PROTESTER CONTENDS THAT IT IS A SMALL BUSINESS AND THAT IT SUBMITTED THE LOWEST. SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST OF THE REJECTION OF A BID WHEN THE SOLICITATION UNDERLYING THE PROTEST HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-217552, FEB 21, 1985, 85-1 CPD 221
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - MOOT, ACADEMIC, ETC. QUESTIONS - SOLICITATION CANCELLED DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED WHERE THE UNDERLYING SOLICITATION HAS BEEN CANCELED AND THE CANCELLATION RENDERS THE PROTEST ACADEMIC.
BRELAND COMPANY:
THE BRELAND COMPANY PROTESTS THE REJECTION OF ITS BID UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS NO. DAKF03-85-B-0010, A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A LIBRARY THEFT CONTROL SYSTEM. THE PROTESTER CONTENDS THAT IT IS A SMALL BUSINESS AND THAT IT SUBMITTED THE LOWEST, RESPONSIVE BID AND, THEREFORE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT.
THE ARMY HAS ADVISED US THAT IT HAS CANCELED THE SUBJECT SOLICITATION AND INTENDS TO REPROCURE THE REQUIREMENT UNDER AN UNRESTRICTED COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST OF THE REJECTION OF A BID WHEN THE SOLICITATION UNDERLYING THE PROTEST HAS BEEN CANCELED, SINCE CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION RENDERS SUCH A PROTEST ACADEMIC. SEE SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC., B-213208, JAN. 9, 1984, 84-1 CPD PARA. 58.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.