B-196598, MAR 10, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST RESTRICTION TO MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN INVITATION FOR BIDS WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELED IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC. THE PROTESTED PROVISION WAS REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SOLICITATION BY THE FRA. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ADVISED BY DOT THAT THE IFB FOR A SEPARATE ROOFING CONTRACT IS NO LONGER NEEDED SINCE THE ROOFING WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO A FULL STATION DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT AND. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-196598, MAR 10, 1980
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST RESTRICTION TO MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES IN INVITATION FOR BIDS WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELED IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC.
I. ALPER COMPANY:
I. ALPER COMPANY (ALPER) PROTESTS THE RESTRICTION OF ELIGIBILITY TO BID TO MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. X66-255- 001 FOR A ROOFING CONTRACT ON THE 30TH STREET STATION IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ISSUED BY AMTRAK UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, (FRA), DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT). THE PROTESTED PROVISION WAS REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SOLICITATION BY THE FRA.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ADVISED BY DOT THAT THE IFB FOR A SEPARATE ROOFING CONTRACT IS NO LONGER NEEDED SINCE THE ROOFING WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO A FULL STATION DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT AND, THUS, THE IFB HAS BEEN CANCELED.
CANCELLATION OF THE IFB RENDERS ALPER'S PROTEST ACADEMIC. POWER TESTING, INC., B-195267, NOVEMBER 13, 1979, 79-2 CPD 350.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.