B-213815.2: Aug 6, 1984

A firm protested the Army's cancellation of a solicitation due to significant workload changes and an ambiguity in the pricing procedures used. A determination to cancel a solicitation is not legally objectionable unless there is clearly no reasonable basis for it. The protester contended that, instead of cancelling the solicitation, the Army should have negotiated new prices after award was made...

B-213815.2: Aug 6, 1984

BIDS - INVITATION FOR BIDS - CANCELLATION - AFTER BID OPENING - JUSTIFICATION - INACCURATE SPECIFICATIONS DIGEST: CANCELLATION OF AN INVITATION FOR BIDS AFTER BID OPENING WAS PROPER WHERE THE SOLICITATION DID NOT REFLECT THE MINIMUM NEEDS OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE IFB WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 16. FIVE AMENDMENTS WERE ISSUED. BIDS WERE OPENED ON THAT DATE AND. TECOM'S BID WAS LOWEST. THE CONTRACTING OFFIC...