B-188054, AUGUST 8, 1977
Highlights
PROTEST OF AGENCY DECISION TO TERMINATE CONTRACT FOR CONVENIENCE OF GOVERNMENT BASED UPON AGENCY'S FINDING THAT IT CAN PERFORM WORK IN HOUSE MORE CHEAPLY IS DISMISSED SINCE IT INVOLVES MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS NOT FOR RESOLUTION UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. AFTER AWARD IT WAS DETERMINED BY EPA THAT IT COULD PERFORM THE SERVICES IN-HOUSE AT LOWER COST AND CONSEQUENTLY EPA TERMINATED KAUFMAN'S CONTRACT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A CONTRACT SHOULD BE TERMINATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PROPER PAYMENT DUE AS A RESULT THEREOF ARE MATTERS OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND ARE NOT FOR RESOLUTION UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
B-188054, AUGUST 8, 1977
PROTEST OF AGENCY DECISION TO TERMINATE CONTRACT FOR CONVENIENCE OF GOVERNMENT BASED UPON AGENCY'S FINDING THAT IT CAN PERFORM WORK IN HOUSE MORE CHEAPLY IS DISMISSED SINCE IT INVOLVES MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS NOT FOR RESOLUTION UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
KAUFMAN DE DELL PRINTING, INC.:
KAUFMAN DE DELL PRINTING, INC. (KAUFMAN) PROTESTS THE TERMINATION OF CONTRACT NO. 68-01-3398 BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA).
THE CONTRACT CALLED FOR REPRODUCTION SERVICES FOR EPA'S WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICES. AFTER AWARD IT WAS DETERMINED BY EPA THAT IT COULD PERFORM THE SERVICES IN-HOUSE AT LOWER COST AND CONSEQUENTLY EPA TERMINATED KAUFMAN'S CONTRACT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT. KAUFMAN OBJECTS BOTH TO EPA'S DETERMINATION AND THE RESULTING TERMINATION AND TO EPA'S "LAXITY" IN ACTING ON A SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL.
THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A CONTRACT SHOULD BE TERMINATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PROPER PAYMENT DUE AS A RESULT THEREOF ARE MATTERS OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND ARE NOT FOR RESOLUTION UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. SWISS CONTROLS, INC., B-185861, MARCH 1, 1976, 76-1 CPD 141.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.