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B-401435 1 (2009-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iL G A O Comptroller General f~.n! 7 Accountabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: VetPride Services, Inc. File: B-401435 Date: July 28, 2009 Wes Pierce for the protester. Capt. Megan E. Stephens, and Raymond M. Saunders, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Bryn Mayes, and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably cancelled solicitation for work reception and management services where the record establishes lack of funding. DECISION VetPride Services, Inc. of Fayetteville, North Carolina, protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. W9124E-09-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Army (Army) for work reception and management services for the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) at Fort Polk, Louisiana. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside, provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for work reception and management services at Fort Polk for a base year with 4 option years. RFP at 3. Proposals were received from a number of offerors, including VetPride, and all of the proposals were 'Previously, the Army obtained work reception and management services from a base operations contractor under a cost-reimbursement contract. Because the agency had some problems with the performance of these services by the base operations contractor, the Army decided to obtain the services under a separate fixed-price contract. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. The purchase request for these services and the RFP were issued contingent upon obtaining available funds. Id.

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