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B-413320,B-413322 1 (2016-10-03)

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SG             A    O                                                  Comptroller General
        Accountablity * 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.
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          Matter of:   Wall Colmonoy Corporation

          File:        B-413320; B-413322

          Date:        October 3, 2016

          John R. Tolle, Esq., and Ian A. Cronogue, Esq., Baker, Cronogue, Tolle & Werfel,
          LLP, for the protester.
          Gregory A. Harding, Esq., Lt. Col. C. Taylor Smith, and Lt. Col. Damund E.
          Williams, Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
          Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of
          the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency properly canceled solicitation set aside for small businesses where the
          agency reasonably determined that the offerors' prices were unreasonably high.
          DECISION

          Wall Colmonoy Corporation (WCC), a small business of Madison Heights, Michigan,
          protests the decision by the Department of the Air Force to cancel request for
          proposals (RFP) No. FA8118-16-R-0030 and resolicit for the remanufacture of
          F-1 6 heat exchangers. The protester contends that the agency lacked a reasonable
          basis for canceling the solicitation.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          On February 29, 2016, the Air Force issued the RFP as a small business set-aside
          seeking proposals for the remanufacture of approximately 80 heat exchangers per
          year on a fixed-price basis for a base year and four 1-year option periods. RFP
          at § B. The RFP explained that remanufacturing the heat exchangers included

          1 The solicitation was issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
          part 15 procedures. RFP at § M. 1.1.2.

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