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B-208189.3 1 (1983-05-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlbx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I ~ .THE COMPTROLLER E Rt! DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. O.C. 2054B FILE: B-208189.3 DATE: May 20, 1983 MATTER OF: Twehous Excavating Co., Inc. - Reconsideration DIGEST: Because only 2 weeks' work remains until con- tract will be completed, GAO modifies prior recommendation to terminate contract for the convenience of the Government. Instead GAO recommends that protester be awarded bid preparation costs and that agency head take steps to prevent future improper solicitation cancellation. The Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service (SCS) requests reconsideration of our decision on the protest of Twehous Excavating Company, Inc., B-208189.2, March 17, 1983, 83-1 CPD . We modify the recommendation contained in that decision. This is our third decision concerning Twehous' protest. In the initial one, Twehous Excavating Company, Inc., B-208189, January 17, 1983, 83-1 CPD 42, we found that SCS had improperly canceled a solicitation for recon- struction of an abandoned strip mine in Randolph County, Missouri. The agency believed that its solicitation, No. SCS-4-MO-82, had not fully explained how bids would be evaluated. We found, however, that an award under the solicitation would have served the Government's needs and would not have prejudiced any bidders. We therefore sustained the protest. We requested the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an immediate stop work order to Magruder Construction Company, the awardee under a revised solicitation, No. SCS-5-MO-82, and to determine whether Twehous, the low, responsive bidder under the canceled solicitati-n', would be willinr t- complete the project at its original bid prices. At the time of the initial decision, SCS had advised us that costs associated with termination of Magruder's contract would be approximately $162,000. Because this O cQ66

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