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B-419717.3 Jul 21, 2021 1 (2021-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaolzy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo_ U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Young's General Contracting, Inc. File: B-419717.3 Date: July 21, 2021 Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Nathaniel J. Greeson, Esq., Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., and Sarah S. Osborne, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Thomas J. Warren, Esq., and Edward J. McNaughton, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's cancellation of invitation for bids (IFB) after bid opening is denied where the agency has a compelling reason to cancel the IFB because the solicitation did not accurately state the agency's actual needs and would have restricted competition. DECISION Young's General Contracting, Inc. (YGCI), of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, protests the cancellation of invitation for bids (IFB) No. W912EQ21 B0001, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps), for construction services. The protester argues that the agency improperly canceled the IFB after sealed-bid opening. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The IFB, issued on November 3, 2020 under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 14 and set aside for small businesses, contemplated the award of a single, fixed-price contract with a performance period of 665 days after the notice to proceed, for a project referred to as the Below Kennett Seepage Remediation Project.1 Protest at 5; Agency 1 The work to be performed under the contract included the cleanout and excavation of approximately 6.3 miles of lateral ditch work; construction of approximately 5.3 miles of

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