A firm protested the Forest Service's cancellation of a request for proposals (RFP) for lease of office space, contending that: (1) cancellation was unjustified; (2) its proposal which was properly evaluated under the terms of the solicitation should have been selected for award. and (3) it was entitled to proposal preparation costs. After orally informing offerers in the competitive range of its...

OFFERORS CAN COMPETE ON AN EQUAL BASIS ONLY IF THEY KNOW IN ADVANCE THE BASIS ON WHICH THEIR PROPOSALS WILL BE EVALUATED. SHOULD HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR AWARD. THAT THE AGENCY'S CANCELLATION OF THE SOLICITATION WAS UNJUSTIFIED. BACKGROUND AND PROTEST THE RFP WAS ISSUED ON JULY 1. ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THIS CRITERIA.". FOUR WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN THE COMPETITIVE RANGE. THE FOUR OFFERORS WERE INFORMED...