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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Delaware Resource Group of Oklahoma, LLC
File: B-299165
Date: February 26, 2007
Jared B. Cawley, Delaware Resource Group of Oklahoma, LLC, for the protester.
Alton E. Woods, Esq., and Sherry K. Kaswell, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the
agency.
Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Glenn Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency properly canceled invitation for bids and terminated protester's contract
awarded thereunder where the agency reasonably determined that there were
material flaws in the procurement process on which award to the protester was
based.
DECISION
Delaware Resource Group of Oklahoma, LLC (DRG) protests corrective action taken
by the Department of Interior in canceling invitation for bids (IFB) No.
RMG00060009, for support services related to distribution of Delaware Indian
judgment funds, and terminating a contract awarded to DRG under that solicitation.
DRG maintains that the agency's initial source selection decision and award to DRG
was proper and that the corrective actions are arbitrary and capricious.
We deny the protest.
In June 2006, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, published the
IFB at issue here as a 100 percent Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
(SDVOSB) set-aside, seeking support services associated with the development of a
per capita payment roll for the distribution of Delaware Indian judgment funds.
Consistent with the sealed bidding provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) Part 14, the IFB stated: [c]ontract award will be made to the lowest
responsive and responsible bidder. IFB at 2. Directly conflicting with that IFB
provision, as well as with the FAR Part 14 requirements regarding sealed bids, the
IFB also stated: The contract will be awarded on the basis of the lowest and best](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaudj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)