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B-407502.2 1 (2013-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpjk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General . Accor ntbikty *i grlty Reiiabikty of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC File: B-407502.2 Date: February 13, 2013 Paul R. Hurst, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, for the protester. S. DeAnn Lehigh, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Andrew J. Stephens, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's cancellation of an invitation for bids (IFB) is denied where the agency concerns regarding an ambiguity in the IFB provided a compelling basis for cancellation. DECISION Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC (GLDD) of Oak Brook, Illinois, protests the post-bid opening cancellation of invitation for bids (IFB) No. W9127S-12-B- 0025, which was issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for dredging services. GLDD contends that the Corps did not have a compelling reason to cancel the solicitation and that, as the lowest responsive bidder, it should have been awarded the contract. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Corps issued the IFB on August 24, 2012, which sought bids for an indefinite- delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for dredging services, with a base period of one year, and one 1-year option. Agency Report (AR) at 1.1 The dredging was 1 Citations to the IFB in this decision refer to the solicitation issued on August 24, 2012. As discussed below, the Corps issued a revised solicitation on January 8, 2013. Additionally, although not directly relevant here, the Corps initially issued the (continued...)

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