B-227033,B-227034: Aug 4, 1987

A firm protested the Army's cancellation of a solicitation for explosive agent subsystems and contract awards to two other firms under a similar solicitation, contending that the: (1) cancellation violated a congressional requirement to conduct certain tests of the subsystems with appropriated funds; (2) Army based the cancellation on an inaccurate cost comparison; and (3) Army failed to hold mean...

B-227033,B-227034: Aug 4, 1987

A contracting agency is not required as a matter of law to spend funds provided in a lump-sum appropriation act in a certain manner when the appropriations act itself does not so require. Protest alleging that the agency failed to conduct meaningful price discussions is dismissed as untimely when raised more than 10 working days after the protester knew the basis for protest. RFP 0333 was for an e...