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B-274773.2 1 (1997-02-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafrf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: News Printing, Inc. File: B-274773.2 Date: February 11, 1997 William H. Spriggs, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, and Edward W. Gray, Esq., and Christopher E. George, Esq., Gray Manuel & Lafalce, for the protester. Richard D. Lieberman, Esq., Sullivan & Worcester, for Graphic Data LLC, an interveno r. Kerry L. Miller, Esq., Government Printing Office, for the agency. Behn Miller, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contracting agency properly canceled invitation for bids after bid opening where agency reasonably determined that solicitation's quantity estimate no longer represented the using agency's actual needs. DECISION News Printing, Inc. (NPI) protests the cancellation of invitation for bids (IFB) No. D306-S, issued by the Government Printing Office (GPO) for patent printing, production and distribution services required by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). NPI contends that GPO's reason for canceling the solicitation after bid opening--a deficient quantity estimate--does not constitute a compelling basis for cancellation. We deny the protest. The PTO's patents are issued and distributed to each customer by means of an annual soft package or paper set. On July 26, 1996, GPO--which is responsible for procuring all the PTO's patent printing and associated production/distribution needs--issued the IFB, which contemplated the award of a 1-year requirements contract to the lowest-priced, responsive, responsible bidder for printing, producing and distributing an estimated quantity of 40 soft patent sets. By the August 26 bid opening date, eight bids were received. NPI was the apparent low bidder; GraphicData LLC--the incumbent--submitted the next low bid. On October 4, the PTO advised GPO of a 25- to 30-percent reduction (at least 21,091,200 pages) in its patent printing requirements. On October 21, because of the 523211

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