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B-409418.4,B-409418.5,B-409418.6 1 (2015-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrcf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: SupplyCore Inc. File: B-409418.4; B-409418.5; B-409418.6 Date: April 16, 2015 William E. Hughes, Esq., Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., for the protester. Katherine D. Sweat, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Young S. Lee, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's decision to cancel a solicitation is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that continued in-house performance would result in cost savings and efficiencies. DECISION SupplyCore Inc., of Rockford, Illinois, protests the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. SPM7LX-14-R-0029, for supply chain integration and management of lead-acid batteries. SupplyCore contends that DLA's decision to cancel the solicitation was unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND DLA issued the RFP on November 14, 2013, on an unrestricted basis, with the intent of eliminating and reducing its current inventory of lead-acid batteries through attrition and transfer of the responsibility for supply chain management functions such as forecasting, acquisition, storage, distribution, and transportation to a supply chain integrator. RFP at 12. The RFP solicited proposals for a supply chain integrator to manage and perform all responsibilities required under the supply chain for worldwide support of current and future Department of Defense lead-acid batteries customers. Id. The solicitation contemplated the award of a requirements type, fixed-price contract for a 5-year base period and one 2-year option. Id. at 2, 13. The RFP anticipated

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