Preaward Decision to Cancel Request for Proposals

The protester objected to the failure of agency to award to it a contract under a request for proposals for air-filter elements. GAO did not find objectionable the preaward decision of the procuring agency to cancel the request for proposals, which limited purchase to a specific firm's part number or to identical items supplied to that firm, and to resolicit on a basis which will permit wider competition. The protest seeking consideration of a proposal which had been rejected as technically unacceptable under the original restrictive solicitation was therefore academic.