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B-407417 1 (2013-01-02)

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          G     A   O                                                  Comptroller General
Acc      ;trn iabiy bIngilty * ReliIbikty                              of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



           Decision


           Matter of: United Contracting LLC

           File:       B-407417

           Date:       January 2, 2013

           Frank V. Reilly, Esq., for the protester.
           Natica Chapman Neely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
           Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
           Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Agency had a compelling reason to cancel an invitation for bids (IFB) for roofing
           services after bid opening where the agency reasonably found that the IFB failed to
           provide sufficient information to allow bidders to accurately bid.
           DECISION

           United Contracting LLC, of Pike Road, Alabama, protests the cancellation of
           invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA247-12-B-0375, issued by the Department of
           Veterans Affairs (VA), for replacing roofs.

           We deny the protest.

           The IFB, issued on May 18, 2012, as a total service-disabled veteran-owned small
           business (SDVOSB) set-aside, sought bids to replace the roofs on buildings 2 and 4
           at the east campus of the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System,
           Tuskegee, Alabama. The IFB contained two bid items: (1) BID ITEM NO. 1 for all
           the work to replace the roofs on both buildings, and provide a 20-year bituminous
           roof warranty; and (2) DEDUCTIVE BID ALTERNATIVE #1 to delete the work for
           one of the buildings (building 2) and provide a 15-year bituminous roof warranty,
           instead of a 20-year warranty. IFB at 1.

           In addition, amendment No. 0003, added ADDENDUM ITEM UNIT PRICING,
           which stated as a follows:

                 Contractor to provide unit pricing for rotten, deteriorated or damaged
                 existing wood components needed and not specified. The price shall

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