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B-401960 1 (2009-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbba0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Brian X. Scott File: B-401960 Date: November 9, 2009 Brian X. Scott, the protester. Janis R. Millete, Esq., Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency decision to cancel request for quotations was reasonable where, due to the passage of time and other factors, the agency requirement no longer exists. DECISION Brian X. Scott of Colorado Springs, Colorado, protests the cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) No. W912HQ-09-AFGHAN-01, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), for support in connection with the Afghanistan Sustainable Infrastructure Plan (ASIP). We deny the protest. The agency originally issued a sources sought notice for this USACE Research and Development Office (RDO) requirement on February 6, 2009, and received three responses. After reviewing these responses, the agency determined that none of the three responding firms had the capability to perform the requirements of the RFQ. Therefore, on March 25, the agency issued a notice of intent to issue an order for the requirement on a sole-source basis. Following the issuance of this notice, but before the order was placed, the agency received new expressions of interest from additional sources, including Brian X. Scott. In light of the additional expressions of interest, the agency cancelled the notice of intent to make a sole-source award on April 2, and revised the specifications for the requirement in order to further explain the nature of the work. The agency then issued RFQ No. W912HQ-09-AFGHAN on April 4, with a closing date of May 18. However, no quotations were received in response to this RFQ. Since no quotations

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