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B-293886 1 (2004-05-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapmr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Native Blade, Inc. File: B-293886 Date: May 20, 2004 David C. Holkan, for the protester. John W. Sturges, Esq., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest against cancellation and resolicitation is denied where protester furnishes no basis to question agency's determination that original solicitation did not accurately reflect the agency's minimum needs; the record indicates that the type of equipment required under the original solicitation is significantly more expensive than the type of equipment which suffices to meet the agency's needs and which was specified in the new solicitation. DECISION Native Blade, Inc. (NBI) protests the Department of the Army's issuance of request for quotations (RFQ) No. W912BV-04-T-0055 (RFQ-0055), for the lease of mid-deck lawnmowers for use at the Lake Texoma recreational area on the Oklahoma and Texas borders. We deny the protest. On January 16, 2004, the Army issued RFQ No. W912BV-04-T-0031 for the lease of front-deck lawnmowers. When the agency subsequently made award to C&S Machine, Inc. under that RFQ, NBI, which had submitted a higher-priced quotation, protested the award on the ground that C&S had proposed mid-deck lawnmowers, and not the front-deck lawnmowers required by the solicitation. Upon further review, the Army determined that mid-deck lawnmowers, which are significantly less expensive than front-deck lawnmowers, suffice to meet the agency's needs. The agency therefore terminated the contract for convenience and issued a new solicitation (RFQ-0055) for mid-deck lawnmowers. Upon notice of the cancellation, our Office dismissed NBI's protest as academic. (B-293821, Mar. 31, 2004.)

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