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B-417353.3, B-417353.4 1 (2019-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeabi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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 Decisionbenap fr rls. been _apprved forpublic release. Matter of: U.S. Marine Management, Inc. File: B-417353.3; B-417353.4 Date: September 23, 2019 Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Evan R. Sherwood, Esq., and Peter B. Terenzio III, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester. Jeffrey N. Davenport, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Cancellation of request for proposals for the charter of a maritime support vessel was reasonable where proposals received were substantially higher than agency's available funding. DECISION U.S. Marine Management, Inc. (USMMI), of Norfolk, Virginia, protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. N32205-19-R-3510, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command (MSC), for the charter of a maritime support vessel (MSV). USMMI contends the agency lacked a reasonable basis to cancel the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on December 28, 2018, to acquire, on behalf of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), the chartering of the MSV-3 vessel for classified maritime security missions worldwide.' Contracting Officer's Statement (COS)/ 1 The record in this case, which the agency provided to GAO and the protester, included certain classified documents. Although we considered the classified information, it is not discussed in this decision.

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