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B-411101 1 (2015-05-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrdc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability OfficeDOUETFRPBIRLAS DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c is io n ........................................................................................................................ Matter of: TaxSlayer LLC File: B-411101 Date: May 8, 2015 John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., and Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. Lori R. Larson, Esq., David K. Barnes, Esq., and Richard L. Hatfield, Esq., Internal Revenue Service, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly cancelled the solicitation is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency reasonably cancelled the solicitation based on concerns regarding whether the solicitation's requirements and evaluation criteria were adequately structured to reflect the agency's needs. DECISION TaxSlayer LLC, of Evans, Georgia, protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. TIRNO-14-R-00028, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for electronic tax return preparation and transmission software and support. TaxSlayer argues that the cancellation was improper because the agency failed to reasonably identify errors or defects in the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On June 5, 2014, the IRS issued the solicitation for electronic tax return preparation and transmission software and support services for the Customer Assistance, Relationships and Education (CARE) organization within the IRS Wage and Investment Division. RFP at 5-6. CARE uses the tax software in support of IRS tax assistance programs, such as the Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication (SPEC) organization. RFP at 5. SPEC partners with

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