About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-281499 1 (1999-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajhb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: EDL Construction, Inc. File: B-281499 Date: February 12, 1999 Robert W. Moore and Robert E. Moore, for the protester. William A. Wilcox, Jr., Esq., International Boundary and Water Commission, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Determination to cancel invitation for bids after bid opening is unobjectionable where the agency could not find reasonable the sole bid submitted because it was significantly higher than the government estimate, and the agency subsequently determined that the solicitation specifications no longer reflected its actual needs. DECISION EDL Construction, Inc. protests the cancellation after bid opening of invitation for bids (IFB) No. 98-04, issued by the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (Commission), for various improvements at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP) in San Diego County, California. The Commission rejected EDL's bid, the only one submitted, and plans to resolicit the requirement under a revised solicitation. We deny the protest. The IFB, issued as a total small business set-aside on June 8, 1998, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for various improvement projects at the SBIWTP, including: installation of a 30-inch emergency sewer connection replacement, demolition of existing piping and isolation valve, and grading improvements; installation of an 18-inch gravity sewer pipe; installation of access ladders and platforms for five influent pumps; repair of existing security gate no. 5; and installation of gate control improvements at gate nos. 2, 3 and 4. The IFB requested a single price for all of the work. At bid opening on August 20, EDL's bid of $974,334 was the only one received by the agency.1 After bid opening, the agency contacted the other bidders on the 1The IFB had been sent to 29 prospective bidders.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most