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B-275152 1 (1997-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaftm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Robertson Leasing Corporation File: B-275152 Date: January 27, 1997 Donald 0. Ferguson, Esq., and Carl Payne Tobey, Jr., Esq., Gardner & Ferguson, Inc., for the protester. Robert L. Kenny, Esq., Duckor Spradling & Metzger, for Abre Enterprises, an interveno r. Joni M. Gibson, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Cancellation of solicitation is unobjectionable where the contracting officer reasonably determined that the requirement should be recompeted under relaxed specifications in order to increase competition and reduce costs to government, and the record does not support allegation of bad faith. DECISION Robertson Leasing Corporation protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. MS-95-R-0034, issued by the United States Marshals Service (USMS), Department of Justice, for towing, storage, and disposal services for seized and forfeited vehicles in San Diego County, California. Robertson challenges the cancellation as unreasonable and argues that the agency acted in bad faith in order to avoid awarding to Robertson or its only competitor, Abre Enterprises. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued August 1, 1995, and contemplated the award of two indefinite delivery contracts for a base year with four 1-year options.1 The RFP required the successful offeror to tow vehicles from the locations where they had been seized by 1The RFP divided the San Diego service area into a north and a south zone, contemplating an award to an offeror that could perform the contract in each zone. The RFP was unrestricted for the south zone but set aside for small business competition in the north zone. 605127

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