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B-219998.8 1 (1988-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnfe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States . Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of SAC Management, Inc. File: B-219998.8 Date: September 14, 1988 DIGEST Firm is not entitled to recover proposal preparation costs where it has not shown that the contracting agency acted improperly in canceling the solicitation. DECISION SAC Management, Inc., claims it is entitled to recover its proposal preparation costs as a result of the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. DABT51-85-R-0025, issued by the Department of the Army as part of a cost comparison under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76 to determine whether mess attendant services at Fort Bliss, Texas, should be contracted out. SAC alleges that the changed circumstances serving as a basis for cancellation were the result of undue delay on the agency's part in conducting the procurement and that this negligence deprived the protester of an opportunity to have its proposal fairly evaluated. We deny the claim for costs. The RFP was issued on July 8, 1985, and initial proposals were received on May 8, 1986. Best and final offers (BAFO) were received on September 18, 1987, negotiations were reopened on December 22, and revised BAFOs were received on January 11, 1988. By letter dated May 4, the Army canceled the RFP stating that budgetary constraints reduced the agency's requirements for the solicited services and that these reductions were of such a magnitude that a complete revision of the RFP work statement would be required. Offerors were advised that a revised solicitation would be issued. The protester argues that the length cf time tak en between the various stages of this procuremenz- raises a presumption that the Army failed to exercise reasonable care in prepar- ing a solicitation which accurately refLected its needs. in essence, SAC does not dispute that the significant changes in the scope of its recuirements noted by the Army in its oq-3a' aPMY--

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