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B-284997.5 1 (2002-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoak0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting 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. Decision Matter of: Rice Services, Ltd. File: B-284997.5 Date: March 12, 2002 Kenneth M. Bruntel, Esq., Amy E. Laderberg, Esq., and Daniel R. Foreman, Esq., Crowell & Moring, for the protester. Anne R. Davis, Esq., Gregory J. Mullins, Esq., Kathy B. Cowley, Esq., and Paul W. Knoth, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's decision to cancel solicitation is reasonable where agency's detailed and documented solicitation evaluation identifies flaws and internal inconsistencies in the solicitation. DECISION Rice Services, Ltd. protests the Department of the Navy's decision to cancel solicitation No. N000600-99-R-1649, which sought proposals to provide food service activities at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Rice maintains that the decision to cancel the solicitation lacks a reasonable basis. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND In May 1998, in conjunction with a previously announced commercial activities study to be conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76, the Navy published the solicitation at issue here.' The solicitation sought 'Pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-76 and that Circular's Revised Supplemental Handbook (March 1996), agencies determine whether certain activities should be performed in-house or by a contractor.

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