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B-297503 1 (2006-01-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasmt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G a A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Kenco Associates, Inc.; Air Product and Chemicals, Inc. File: B-297503; B-297503.2 Date: January 25, 2006 Gregory L. Monge, Esq., VanAntwerp, Monge, Jones & Edwards, LLP, for Kenco Associates, Inc., and Robert J. Symon, Esq., Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., the protesters. Vincent A. Salgado, Esq., National Aeronautics & Space Administration, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Cancellation of solicitation minutes prior to the scheduled time for receipt of proposals was reasonable where the agency, as a result of inquiries from members of Congress, reasonably determined that it needed to further review its mission requirements before proceeding with the procurement. DECISION Kenco Associates, Inc. and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. protest the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. NNL05111032R, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Langley Research Center (LaRC), Hampton, Virginia, for building a government-owned, contractor-operated liquid nitrogen (LN,) plant. We deny the protests. NASA issued this RFP on September 2, 2005 to solicit proposals to build a government-owned, contractor-operated facility to produce an independent source of LN 2 for the National Transonic Facility (NTF) operated by LaRC. The NTF is a closed circuit, fan driven, pressurized wind tunnel operated by LaRC that utilizes LN2 to test transonic aerodynamic flow. It is the only cryogenic wind tunnel in the United States and is utilized by the Department of Defense and the aeronautics industry to conduct aerodynamic research on scale model aircraft designs. See RFP, Statement of Work 1.1.

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