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B-309972.3 1 (2008-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavwi0001 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 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: Deva & Associates PC File: B-309972.3 Date: April 29, 2008 Leigh T. Hansson, Esq., Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., and Steven D. Tibbets, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, for the protester. Jeffrey C. Morhardt, Esq., and Antoiner White, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency decision to cancel request for quotations (RFQ) and recompete for accounting services was reasonable where agency's original (small business set- aside) requirement for financial statement preparation decreased and (unrestricted) requirement for credit reform reporting services significantly increased, and agency intended to combine all services under single task order, set aside for small businesses. DECISION Deva & Associates PC protests the Department of Education's cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) No. ED-06-Q-0008, for financial advisory services. Deva asserts that the agency lacked a reasonable basis to cancel the RFQ and issue a new solicitation. We deny the protest. As originally issued, the RFQ sought quotations from vendors holding contracts under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 520-7. It contemplated the issuance--on a time and materials basis--of three task orders (TO). TO No. 1 was set aside for small businesses and concerned financial statement preparation, analysis, reconciliation services, and other projects including Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) Procedures that Work preparation, and budget service support. RFQ app. 1, at 1-2. TO No. 2 concerned improving the agency's capacity to analyze financial data relating to student loan programs as they relate to credit reform. TO No. 3 concerned documenting internal control over financial

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