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B-190518 1 (1978-04-17)

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        FILE: B-190518                  DATE: April 1(, 197A

        MATTER  OF:  Bondix Field Engineering  Corporation

        DIGEST:
           Cancellation  of solicitation  involving
           conversion  of in-house base operating
           support  function to commercial  contract
           where enactment  of Department  of Defense
           Appropriation  Act, 1978, containing  pro-
           hibition  on use of appropriated  funds for
           such purposes,  was imminent was  not arbi-
           trary or  capricious action entitling  offeror
           to proposal  preparation costs.


           Bendix Field  Engineering Corporation  (Bendix) of
     Columbia, Maryland  has filed a claim with  this Office
     for $31,457 representing  proposal preparation  expenses
     incurred ih connection  with request for proposal  (REP)
     P08650-77-09025,  issued by the Air Force  and for profit
     in the amount of  $1,030,270 that would  have becn re-
     ceived by Bendix  * * * over the courne  of performance of
     the contract.

          For the reasons  stated herein,  the claim is denied.

          The RFP requested  proposals to  ianage and operate
     the Standard Base  Supply System, (SLSS)  a base operating
     support activity,  at Patrick Air Force 3ase, Florida  for
     the period October  1, 1977 through September  30, 1978.
     The cover letter  accompanying the REP stated  in paragraph
     2 as-follows:

             2. The objectivce of this procurement
             is to conduct  a competitive negotiation
             to determine  the'economical feasibility
             of accomplishing  the SDSS function with
             in-house  civil service personnel  or by
             contractor  personnel in accord -ice with
             the Notice  of Cost Comparison   . t forth
             on the cover  sheet (DD form 177)   of the
             REP.

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