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B-309751 1 (2007-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauio0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G a A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: The Borenstein Group, Inc. File: B-309751 Date: September 26, 2007 Gal Borenstein for the protester. Capt. John Pritchard, Department of the Army, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency had a reasonable basis to cancel request for proposals for management, manpower, and logistics support where the record shows that the agency's requirements could be fulfilled through an existing contract determined to be more advantageous to the government. DECISION The Borenstein Group, Inc. protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. W91WAW-07-R-0063, issued by the Contracting Center of Excellence (CCE) on behalf of the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve (OCAR) for management, manpower, and logistics support for the commemoration of the 100' anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Army Reserve. The Borenstein Group contends that the decision to cancel the solicitation lacked a reasonable basis. The Borenstein Group also contends that the procurement of this requirement through an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract is outside the scope of that contract. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND OCAR created the overall concept of the Army Reserve Commemoration Program (Program) to commemorate the 100' anniversary of the U.S. Army Reserve, and broadly identified a requirement to support the Program in December 2006. On December 21, 2006, OCAR issued Request for Task Order (RFTO) 07-003 under the U.S. Army Communication and Electronics Command's (CECOM) Worldwide Army Advertising (WAA) ID/IQ contract, for Army Reserve public relations support for

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