B-210317.2: Aug 15, 1983

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which denied its protest of the Defense Logistics Agency's cancellation of an invitation for bids (IFB) for chlorination kits. In the previous decision, GAO held that the contracting officer acted reasonably in canceling the IFB in view of the premature opening of three bids, the protest of the premature opening by the awardee on the prior IFB for the...

B-210317.2: Aug 15, 1983

DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION HOLDING THAT CANCELLATION OF IFB AFTER BID OPENING WAS PROPER IS AFFIRMED SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THE DECISION WAS BASED ON ERRORS OF FACT OR LAW. CHEMICAL ARGUES THAT OUR OFFICE FAILED TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION OR STANDARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN ACTION IS REASONABLE. CHEMICAL CONTENDS THAT THE EQUITIES DUE THE FIRMS WHICH HAD BIDS PREMATURELY EXPOSED OUTWEIGHE...