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B-408022,B-408022.2 1 (2013-05-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpni0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Acc ;trbilty b ni grlty Reliabikity of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Specialized Steel Contractors, Inc. File: B-408022; B-408022.2 Date: May 14, 2013 Frank V. Reilly, Esq., for the protester. Steven Fitten, Esq., and Eric Meza, Esq., International Boundary and Water Commission, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly cancelled an invitation for bids, after bid opening, where the agency concluded that funds were unavailable to perform the requirement and the requirement did not constitute a valid agency need. DECISION Specialized Steel Contractors, Inc. protests the cancellation, after bid opening, of invitation for bids (IFB) No. IBM12B0008, issued by the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC), for a levee rehabilitation project adjacent to the Rio Grande, between the towns of Ysleta and Fabens, Texas.1 We deny the protest. The agency issued the solicitation on August 6, 2012, with the bid opening date scheduled for September 6, 2012. The agency amended the IFB on August 31, 2012, and postponed bid opening indefinitely pending resolution of legal questions concerning the propriety of using USIWBC funds for portions of the levee project 1 The USIBWC is an international body composed of the United States Section and the Mexican Section. The United States Section of the USIBWC is a federal government agency and is headquartered in El Paso, Texas.

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