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B-296716 1 (2005-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqyg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Quality Support, Inc. File: B-296716 Date: September 13, 2005 Joseph G. Billings, Esq., for the protester. Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Dennis Foley, Esq., and Philip Kauffman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's cancellation of solicitation after receipt and evaluation of quotations is denied where record supports reasonableness of cancellation due to lack of available funding. DECISION Quality Support, Inc. protests the decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to cancel a request for quotations (RFQ) for conference planning and support services for the Center for Quality Management, a field office of the VA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group. The protester contends that the cancellation lacks a reasonable basis and is only a pretext by the agency to avoid issuance of a purchase order to the protester. We deny the protest. On May 24, 2005, the VA Medical Center AIDS Service Office sent the contracting officer a request for conference planning services for a 2-year period. This request included information that indicated the availability of funding for this requirement. Agency Report (AR), VA Form 2237. The contracting officer identified three service- disabled-veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) firms, including the protester, as potential sources under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) for the requirement. The RFQ subsequently was issued to four FSS vendors, including the incumbent, Courtesy Associates, a non-SDVOSB. The RFQ contained a statement of work that provided a description of the required tasks and required vendors to address these tasks in their quotations. The RFQ required specialized conference and logistical

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