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B-292583,B-292583.2 1 (2003-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacylo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General .. . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Daston Corporation File: B-292583; B-292583.2 Date: October 20, 2003 Richard J. Webber, Esq., and Frederick D. McKalip, Esq., Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, for the protester. Cyrus E. Phillips, IV, Esq., for Catapult Technology, Ltd., an intervenor. Sherri L. Pappas, Esq., and Terence W. Carlson, Esq., Department of Transportation, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency had a reasonable basis to cancel solicitation for information technology support services for one agency division, where the record shows that the agency no longer had a need for these services due to an agency-wide plan to consolidate information technology services. DECISION Daston Corporation protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. DTRS56-03-R-0006 by the Department of Transportation (DOT) for information technology (IT) support services. Daston maintains that the decision to cancel the solicitation lacks a reasonable basis. Daston also contends that the agency's modification of an existing contract with Catapult Technology, Ltd., for operational maintenance services, to add this work was outside the scope of that contract. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued on May 16, 2003 by the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), 1 of the 11 divisions of DOT. The RSPA operates the Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS), the primary source of national data for the federal, state, and local government agencies responsible for the safety of hazardous materials transportation. RSPA issued the solicitation to four Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a) businesses with General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contracts. The RFP requested proposals for

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