B-239805: Sep 14, 1990

A firm protested the Navy's cancellation of a solicitation for sniper rifles, contending that the Navy: (1) should reimburse it for the preparation costs it incurred in anticipating award, since a Navy employee advised it that the Navy would award it the contract; (2) unreasonably terminated the solicitation; and (3) unreasonably delayed contract award under the resolicitation. GAO held that the:...

B-239805: Sep 14, 1990

Protest against cancellation of solicitation filed more than 5 months after solicitation was canceled is untimely. Protester is not entitled to reimbursement for costs incurred in anticipation of being awarded a government contract which it did not receive. An agency's delay in awarding a contract is merely a procedural matter which alone does not provide a basis of protest because it does not aff...