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B-420127.2 Apr 26, 2022 1 (2022-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaonan0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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: Zolon PCS, LLC File: B-420127.2 Date: April 26, 2022 William T. Welch, Esq., and J. Patrick McMahon, Esq., McMahon, Welch and Learned, PLLC, for the protester. Jose Otero, Esq., and Virginia Ackerman, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Christine Milne, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably canceled the solicitation is denied where the record shows that the agency had a reasonable basis to cancel the solicitation due to a change in its requirements. DECISION Zolon PCS, LLC, of Ashburn, Virginia, protests the cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1605TA-21-Q-00005, issued by the Department of Labor for enterprise data and information management support services. Zolon contends that the agency unreasonably cancelled the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ to procure specialized information technology (IT) support services to manage the agency's data warehousing, data management, and information management systems; implement and develop new software for enterprise data and information management systems; and support the agency's clients. Agency Report, Exh. 1a, RFQ at 5. The agency received a number of quotations in response to the RFQ and issued a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Zolon. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 6. Subsequent to the agency issuing the BPA to Zolon, BruckEdwards, Inc., a competitor of Zolon's, filed a bid protest with our Office challenging the issuance of the

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