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B-421677.2 Oct 03, 2023 1 (2023-10-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaopgr0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Matter of: BDO Public Sector, LLC a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. File: B-421677.2 Date: October 3, 2023 Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Tara L. Ward, Esq., and Elizabeth G. Hummel, Esq., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, for the protester. Dana E. Koffman, Esq., Erin F. Masini, Esq., Sandy L. Caruco, Esq., and Ashley Powers, Esq., Centeral Intelligence Agency, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision to cancel a solicitation is dismissed as untimely where the protest was filed with our Office more than 10 days after the protester received initial notice of adverse agency action in the protester's underlying agency-level protest. DECISION BDO Public Sector, LLC (BDO), a large business of McLean, Virginia, protests the agency's decision to cancel request for proposals (RFP) No. IRV-23-23, issued by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for financial consulting support services. The protester argues that the agency lacks a reasonable basis to cancel the solicitation, and contends that the cancellation is therefore a pretext to avoid resolving BDO's agency- level protest allegation of multiple organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs) on the part of the only other competitor to submit a proposal (Deloitte Consulting LLP). We dismiss the protest as untimely. BACKGROUND Using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 16.5, the agency issued the Lightsaber II solicitation to holders of the CIA's SHEPHERD-Business Advisory Services (BAS) multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract seeking proposals for the provision of financial consulting support services for the agency's working capital fund. Req. for Dismissal at 1. In response to the solicitation, the agency received two offers submitted by BDO and Deloitte. Protest exh. 2,

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