B-215310, JUL 19, 1984, 84-2 CPD 63
Highlights
QUESTIONS - SOLICITATION CANCELED DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST RESTRICTIVE SPECIFICATIONS IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE SOLICITATION CONTAINING THE SPECIFICATIONS IS CANCELED. ARE UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-215310, JUL 19, 1984, 84-2 CPD 63
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - MOOT, ACADEMIC, ETC. QUESTIONS - SOLICITATION CANCELED DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST RESTRICTIVE SPECIFICATIONS IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE SOLICITATION CONTAINING THE SPECIFICATIONS IS CANCELED.
AUTO SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURING CO.:
AUTO SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURING CO. (AUSCO) PROTESTS THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS IN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. DAAA09-84-R-0063, ISSUED BY THE U.S. ARMY ARMAMENT MUNITIONS AND CHEMICAL COMMAND, ARE UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION.
ON JUNE 21, 1984, THE ARMY CANCELED THE RFP ON THE BASIS THAT IT WOULD BE IN ITS BEST INTEREST TO ISSUE A NEW SOLICITATION WITH A REVISED TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE. A PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGEDLY DEFECTIVE SPECIFICATIONS BECOMES ACADEMIC WHEN THE AGENCY CANCELS THE SOLICITATION CONTAINING THOSE SPECIFICATIONS. J. J. VINCI OIL CO., B-212112.3, AUG. 29, 1983, 83-2 CPD PARA. 274. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.