https://www.gao.gov/products/140521

B-237414: Jan 31, 1990

A firm protested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) cancellation of a solicitation for stenographic services, contending that FERC lacked a compelling reason for the cancellation. GAO held that FERC properly cancelled the solicitation, since it found that the specifications lacked a bid bond requirement necessary to ensure contract performance. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

https://www.gao.gov/products/420847

B-237414: Jan 31, 1990

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Invitations for bids - Post-bid opening cancellation - Justification Sufficiency Procuring agency's cancellation of invitation for bids (IFB) after bid opening is proper where agency reasonably determined that IFB improperly omitted requirement for bid and performance bonds which it reasonably found were necessary to ensure the continuous performance of essential ste...