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G A O Comptroller General
!7 Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Kingdomware Technologies
File: B-406966.3
Date: November 27, 2012
LaTonya Barton for the protester.
Maj. Ildiko E. Szentkiralyi and Lt. Col. Mark A. Ries, Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Cancellation of a FedBid buy after receipt of bids or quotations was reasonable,
where the solicitation did not clearly inform vendors as to the nature of the
procurement or the basis upon which award would be made.
DECISION
Kingdomware Technologies protests the decision of the Department of the Army to
cancel FedBid Buy No. 361699_04, conducted through FedBid Inc., for emergency
notification system services.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The solicitation, issued on August 3, 2012, provided for the issuance of an order
under a General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract for
emergency notification system services. The solicitation did not identify whether it
was an invitation for bids (IFB) or a request for quotations (RFQ). Vendors were
informed, however, that bids would be ranked by price, and that the bids may be
evaluated using criteria other than price. The solicitation further provided that
award would be made to the responsible Seller whose offer conforming to the [IFB]
1 FedBid is a commercial online procurement services provider that runs a website
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