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B-420810 Sep 13, 2022 1 (2022-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaonpf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Citizen Contracting Group, LLC File: B-420810 Date: September 13, 2022 Jamie Bovender, Citizen Contracting Group, LLC, for the protester. Natica Chapman Neely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Michael P. Price, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency acted reasonably when it terminated the protester's contract for convenience of the government and cancelled the solicitation where the agency discovered post-award that the protester's quotation failed to conform with the solicitation's requirements and that the solicitation otherwise contained defects and inconsistencies. DECISION Citizen Contracting Group, LLC (Citizen), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, protests the termination of its contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), awarded under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C24722Q0402 for lock and security components and installation. The protester contends that the agency's termination of the contract was not justified and was otherwise improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 24, 2022, the VA issued the RFQ under the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 13, seeking quotations for the supply and installation of electronic locks at the VA Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1, RFQ at 2. The RFQ contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract, and informed vendors that award would be made to the responsible vendor whose quotation would be most advantageous to the government using three evaluation factors: (1) technical capability; (2) past performance; and (3) price. Id. at 46, 63. The two non-price factors, when combined, were more important than price. Id. at 46. The RFQ

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