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B-417734.2 1 (2019-10-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaco0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G&O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Lyon Shipyard, Inc. File: B-417734.2 Date: October 22, 2019 Michael J. Gardner, Esq., Shomari B. Wade, Esq., and Brett A. Castellat, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for the protester. Robert K. Colby, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's termination of awardee's contract after another disappointed firm filed a protest is dismissed where the agency's decision to terminate the contract did not arise from a defect or impropriety in the award of the contract, and thus the protester's challenge presents a question of contract administration not for our consideration as part of our bid protest function. DECISION Lyon Shipyard, Inc. (Lyon), a small business of Norfolk, Virginia, protests the decision of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, to terminate a contract for facilities and services necessary to perform dry dock repairs on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Dependable awarded to Lyon under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70Z080-19-Q-P4590400. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably decided to terminate, rather than defend, the award to Lyon when another disappointed vendor filed a post-award protest challenging the award to Lyon. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND On April 3, 2019, the Coast Guard issued a solicitation seeking dry dock repairs for the USCGC Dependable, ported in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. Following the receipt and evaluation of quotations, the agency awarded a contract to Lyon on June 26. Id. at 4. On July 2, Gulf Marine Repair Corporation (Gulf), an unsuccessful vendor, filed a protest with our Office. Id. at 5. As

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