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B-408148.2 1 (2013-11-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpwz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: VIRE Consulting, Inc. File: B-408148.2 Date: November 26, 2013 Ralph Avery, Esq., Avery Law Firm, for the protester. David A. Ingold, Esq., Internal Revenue Service, for the agency. Christopher L. Krafchek, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of an agency's cancellation of a solicitation following corrective action in response to a protest is denied, where the record demonstrates that the cancellation was reasonable. DECISION VIRE Consulting, Inc. (VIRE), of Washington, D.C., protests the cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) No. TIRNO-12-Q-00261, issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for information technology support services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On September 7, 2012, the IRS published a notice of intent to make a sole-source award to Trinity Software Solutions, Inc. (Trinity) for information technology services in support of the IRS Modernization, Operation and Maintenance, and Production systems. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Notice of Intent to Award Sole-Source Contract (Sept. 17, 2013), at 1. The notice invited prospective vendors to express their interest in the requirement and submit capability statements. Id. at 2. The notice stated that the agency anticipated award of a contract with a 12-month base period and a six-month option. Id. at 4. After receiving several responses to the notice, the agency decided to hold a competition for the requirement, rather than make a sole-source award. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS), at 2.

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