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B-311332,B-311332.2 1 (2008-06-13)

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                                                                     Comptroller General
      Acountability * Integrity I Reliabiity                          of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC20548

            D   ..
         Decision


         Matter of:  Corcel Corporation

         File:       B-311332; B-311332.2

         Date:       June 13, 2008

         Ray Corona for the protester.
         Warren D. Leishman, Esq., Agency for International Development, for the agency.
         Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Agency reasonably concluded that it had a compelling reason to cancel an
         invitation for bids after bid opening where the solicitation's specifications were
         inadequate to meet the agency's needs.

         2. Agency did not improperly make an award during the pendency of the protest
         where the order was issued under an existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity
         contract for a different type of product.
         DECISION

         Corcel Corporation protests the decision of the United States Agency for
         International Development (USAID) to cancel, after the opening of the bids, that
         portion of invitation for bids (IFB) No. 294-2008-001 seeking bids for valves. Corcel
         also protests the agency's replacement procurement for the valves under an existing
         indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract.

         We deny the protests.

         BACKGROUND

         The challenged procurement is for approximately 62 kilometers of pipe and pipeline
         supplies intended to provide drinking water to the south Nablus villages in the West
         Bank. According to the agency, there are currently no fixed water supplies in the
         10 villages targeted by this procurement. The installation of this pipeline will
         provide over 100,000 households with better access to clean water.

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