B-215662.4: Dec 3, 1984

A firm requested that GAO reconsider a previous decision in which it dismissed the protest against the Air Force's cancellation of a request for proposals (RFP) issued to lease aircraft. The Air Force cancelled the RFP because the specifications were restrictive and it no longer needed to lease aircraft. In its request for reconsideration, the firm supplied information which demonstrated that the...

B-215662.4: Dec 3, 1984

AGENCY'S DECISION TO CANCEL RFP WAS PROPER WHERE AGENCY DETERMINED THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS IN THE RFP OVERSTATED ITS MINIMUM NEEDS. GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST AGAINST THE SPECIFICATIONS OF A FUTURE PROCUREMENT. THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE RESTRICTIVE AND THAT THE AIR FORCE NO LONGER HAD A NEED TO LEASE AIRCRAFT. THE AIR FORCE HAS INFORMALLY CONFIRMED THIS INFORMATION AND HAS REASSERTED ITS P...