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B-299108 1 (2007-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaudb0001 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: SEI Group, Inc. File: B-299108 Date: February 6, 2007 Eloy J. Torrez for the protester. Audrey H. Liebross, Esq., Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging cancellation of solicitation is denied where the record supports the agency's assertion that by canceling the solicitation the agency could save money, enhance competition, and increase its purchasing flexibility. DECISION SEI Group, Inc. protests the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) decision to cancel request for proposals (RFP) No. HSFEEM-06-R-0020 for base camp services. SEI asserts that the agency should have amended rather than canceled the solicitation because the contemplated changes to the solicitation are not significant and the agency's requirements have not changed. SEI also challenges the timing of the cancellation. We deny the protest. On April 30, 2006, FEMA issued the solicitation as a small business set-aside contemplating award of multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for setting up and operating base camps to house personnel deployed in anticipation of domestic disasters. The solicitation divided the service area into four geographic regions covering the entire country. Prior to the proposal due date of May 4, 2006, the agency amended the solicitation to add line items for phase-in and readiness costs. In mid-July, the source evaluation board (SEB) completed review of the 46 proposals received in response to the RFP and also decided to reexamine its requirements; the hurricane season had already begun and FEMA had concerns about the costs that would be incurred for readiness and phase-in activities. Discussions between the head of the SEB and agency management produced a number of options, one of

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