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B-411879 1 (2015-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General V M 1 Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Welch Construction, Inc. File: B-411879 Date: November 9, 2015 Douglas R. Arnold, for the protester. Neil S. Deol, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 Agency's decision to cancel invitation for bids is unobjectionable where any contract based upon the bid prices received would exceed the amount budgeted for the project. DECISION Welch Construction, Inc., a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), of Marcellus, New York, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cancellation of invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA247-15-B-0536 for the construction of an outpatient clinic addition in Columbia, South Carolina. Welch argues that the agency unnecessarily cancelled the IFB after bid opening. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation, issued on May 20, 2015, as a SDVOSB set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for the construction of an outpatient clinic addition at a VA medical center. IFB at 1, 18. The IFB required bidders to submit prices for a base bid, which included all work identified in the statement of work, and six bid alternatives. Id. at 8-9. On July 15, the VA received and opened bids from two firms. Welch was identified as the apparent low bidder. Contracting Officer (CO) Statement at 1-2.

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