B-209846, APR 13, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST OF PROPOSED AWARD UNDER A SOLICITATION IS RENDERED ACADEMIC BY AGENCY'S SUBSEQUENT CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION. IASO CONTENDS THAT WIREGRASS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND THAT IT IS A VIOLATION OF RULES RESTRICTING DUAL EMPLOYMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DOD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID FOR OFFICIATING AT SPORTS EVENTS HELD AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. IASO ARGUES THAT WIREGRASS THEREFORE IS INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD. THE ARMY SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED US THAT WIREGRASS WAS DETERMINED TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD AND THAT THE ONLY OTHER BID RECEIVED.
B-209846, APR 13, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST OF PROPOSED AWARD UNDER A SOLICITATION IS RENDERED ACADEMIC BY AGENCY'S SUBSEQUENT CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION.
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPORTS OFFICIALS:
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPORTS OFFICIALS PROTESTS THE PROPOSED AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO WIREGRASS OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS DABT01-83-B-0005-1, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FOR SPORTS OFFICIATING SERVICES AT FT. RUCKER, ALABAMA. WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
IASO CONTENDS THAT WIREGRASS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND THAT IT IS A VIOLATION OF RULES RESTRICTING DUAL EMPLOYMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DOD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID FOR OFFICIATING AT SPORTS EVENTS HELD AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. IASO ARGUES THAT WIREGRASS THEREFORE IS INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD.
THE ARMY SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED US THAT WIREGRASS WAS DETERMINED TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD AND THAT THE ONLY OTHER BID RECEIVED, THAT OF THE PROTESTER, WAS UNREASONABLE AS TO PRICE. THE IFB, THEREFORE, WAS CANCELED ON MARCH 1, 1983. CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION RENDERS IASO'S PROTEST ACADEMIC, AND WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE MATTER. CONSOLIDATED SERVICES, INC., B-206413.4, JULY 12, 1982, 82-2 CPD 39.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.