B-227863: Aug 14, 1987

A firm protested the Bureau of the Census' rejection of its bid for the lease of office space and subsequent cancellation of the solicitation, contending that the Bureau should have awarded it the contract, since its offer was low and technically acceptable. GAO held that the Bureau properly: (1) rejected the protester's bid as technically unacceptable, since it failed to provide required data; an...

B-227863: Aug 14, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Competitive Negotiation - Requests for proposals - Cancellation - Administrative determination - Timeliness DIGEST: Contracting agency has the authority to decide when the negotiation and offer stage of a procurement will end. Where the agency decides to cancel the solicitation after receipt of best and final offers because no technically acceptable proposals were received. The agenc...