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B-311242 1 (2008-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavzm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A A Comptroller General of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC20548 Decision Matter of: Division Laundry and Cleaners, Inc. File: B-311242 Date: May 19, 2008 David F. Barton, Esq., The Gardner Law Firm, for the protester. Gary R. Allen, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency had a reasonable basis to cancel small business set-aside and resolicit its requirement on an unrestricted basis where the record supports the reasonableness of agency's determination that prices offered by eligible small business concerns were unreasonable. DECISION Division Laundry and Cleaners, Inc. protests the Department of the Air Force's decision to cancel request for proposals (RFP) No. FA3047-08-R-0001, issued as a small business set-aside for commercial bulk laundry and dry cleaning services at Lackland Air Force Base and other locations in San Antonio, Texas. Division asserts that the cancellation was improper based on the agency's unreasonable determination that its proposed price was excessive. We deny the protest. As amended, the RFP anticipated award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a period of 4 years, to the offeror whose proposal was considered the best value. RFP at 143. The RFP advised that award would be made without conducting discussions unless the agency otherwise determined discussions to be necessary. Id. at 147. Three offerors, including Division, submitted proposals by the closing date, one of which was rejected because the offeror was not a small business. The contracting officer (CO) reviewed the proposals of the two eligible small business concerns and concluded that each offeror's proposed price exceeded the government estimate by

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