B-203837, JUL 31, 1981
Highlights
DIGEST: CANCELLATION OF SOLICITATION RENDERS PROTEST MOOT AND GAO WILL THUS NOT CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED BY PROTEST. MAYFAIR MAINTAINS IT WAS THE LOW BIDDER ON THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED SINCE THE FILING OF MAYFAIR'S PROTEST THAT THE ARMY HAS CANCELED THE IFB DUE TO UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS CONCERNING GROUND CONDITIONS. THE PROTEST IS MOOT AND OUR REVIEW OF THE ISSUE RAISED WOULD SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-203837, JUL 31, 1981
DIGEST: CANCELLATION OF SOLICITATION RENDERS PROTEST MOOT AND GAO WILL THUS NOT CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED BY PROTEST.
MAYFAIR CONSTRUCTION CO.:
MAYFAIR CONSTRUCTION CO. (MAYFAIR) PROTESTS THE POSSIBLE REJECTION OF ITS BID ON INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. DACA05-81-B-0075, ISSUED BY THE U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR REASON OF NONRESPONSIVENESS, NONRESPONSIBILITY, OR ANY OTHER REASON. MAYFAIR MAINTAINS IT WAS THE LOW BIDDER ON THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, BUT THAT ITS BID CONTAINED A MISTAKE. MAYFAIR "CONSIDERS ITSELF ENTITLED TO CORRECTION OF THIS MISTAKE."
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED SINCE THE FILING OF MAYFAIR'S PROTEST THAT THE ARMY HAS CANCELED THE IFB DUE TO UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS CONCERNING GROUND CONDITIONS. IN VIEW OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE PROTEST IS MOOT AND OUR REVIEW OF THE ISSUE RAISED WOULD SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE. SEE SPERRY UNIVAC FEDERAL SYSTEMS, DIVISION OF SPERRY RAND CORPORATION, B-193177.1, JANUARY 3, 1980, 80-1 CPD 9.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.