B-224206: Jan 16, 1987

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) partial cancellation of a solicitation for steel and nonmetallic strapping. GAO noted that GSA cancelled a portion of the solicitation after deciding that a mistake in the solicitation specifications unduly restricted competition. The protester contended that: (1) it could meet the government's needs and award to it would not prejudice a...

B-224206: Jan 16, 1987

SUBSEQUENT PROTEST TO GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS TIMELY IF FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION. MERE FACT THAT THE AGENCY MISTAKENLY PLACED A RESTRICTIVE SPECIFICATION IN SOLICITATION DOES NOT JUSTIFY CANCELLATION IF AWARD WOULD MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTUAL NEEDS AND THERE IS NO SHOWING OF PREJUDICE TO OTHER BIDDERS. THE IFB IS TO MEE...