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B-401020 1 (2009-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaug0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AlL A , GA O Comptroller General Accuntabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: RN Expertise, Inc. File: B-401020 Date: March 27, 2009 Rosemary H. Hayes, Esq., Hayes & Caraballo, PL, for the protester. Robert J. McMullen, Esq., Naval Supply Systems Command, for the agency. Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's decision to cancel solicitation and obtain its requirements through an interagency agreement is not objectionable where it is based on reasonable conclusion that utilizing the interagency agreement would result in substantial cost savings as compared with an award under the canceled solicitation. DECISION RN Expertise, Inc. of Altamonte Springs, Florida protests a decision by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command to cancel request for proposals (RFP) No. N00189-08-R-Z071, for worldwide urine collection services for drug testing. We deny the protest. On October 6, 2008, the Navy issued the RFP anticipating the award of a 1-year contract, plus four 1-year options for the collection of urine specimens from Navy civilians in order to conduct testing for illegal drugs. The RFP required offerors to submit proposals with fixed prices (based upon estimated quantities) for collections associated with four categories of contract line items: (1) collections for positions located in the continental United States (CONUS); (2) collections for positions outside CONUS (OCONUS); (3) collections for pre-employment purposes; and (4) collections for reasonable suspicion of drug use. According to the RFP, the Navy estimated that a total of 47,000 collections would be required during the first 12 months of performance as follows: CONUS (40,580); OCONUS (400); pre-employment (6,000); and reasonable suspicion of drug use (20). Award was to be made to the offeror submitting the proposal determined to represent to the best

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