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B-414238.7,B-414238.9 1 (2017-08-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Henry's Aerial Service, Inc.; Evergreen Flying Services, Inc. File: B-414238.7; B-414238.9 Date: August 10, 2017 Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Tracye W. Howard, Esq., and Cara L. Lasley, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Henry's Aerial Service, Inc.; and David T. Ralston Jr., Esq., Frank S. Murray, Esq., Alexandra Kitson, Esq., and Micah T. Zomer, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP, for Evergreen Flying Services, Inc., the protesters. Amy M. Siadak, Esq., Department of Interior, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of an agency's cancellation of a solicitation in response to a prior protest is denied where the agency had insufficient time to conduct a reevaluation of proposals before its time-sensitive requirements changed and another procurement vehicle was available to fulfill its needs. DECISION Henry's Aerial Service, Inc., a small business of Greenbrier, Arkansas, and Evergreen Flying Services, Inc., a small business of Rayville, Louisiana, protest the cancellation of solicitation No. D16PS00182, which was issued by the Department of the Interior (DOI), Interior Business Center, for single engine air tanker (SEAT) flight services for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to support fire suppression operations in the contiguous 48 states. The decision to cancel the solicitation followed Evergreen's protests of the award of six contracts under the solicitation. The protesters contend that the agency had no reasonable basis to cancel the solicitation, and that the cancellation was a pretext to avoid resolving protests. We deny the protests. BACKGROUND As part of its mission to administer public lands, BLM is responsible for the suppression of wildland fires throughout the United States. The procurement at issue here sought

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