BNUMBER:  B-278037 
DATE:  November 7, 1997
TITLE: Dyna-Air Engineering Corp., B-278037, November 7, 1997
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Matter of:Dyna-Air Engineering Corp. 

File:     B-278037

Date:November 7, 1997

DECISION

Dyna-Air Engineering Corp. protests the award of a contract to Ar Bee 
Corp. under request for quotations No. SPO750-97-Q-1676, issued by the 
Defense Logistics Agency for intake filter elements.  

We dismiss the protest because the agency is cancelling the underlying 
solicitation.

The cancellation of a solicitation renders a protest academic.  Morey 
Mach., Inc.--Request for Recon., B-233793.2, Aug. 3, 1989, 89-2 CPD  para.  
102.  We do not consider academic protests because to do so would 
serve no useful public policy purpose.  We only consider protests 
against specific procurement actions and will not render to a 
protester what would be, in effect, an advisory decision.  East West 
Research, Inc.--Recon., B-233623.2, Apr. 14, 1989, 89-1 CPD  para.  379.

Comptroller General
of the United States