United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-06-17 monographic deposited born digital 3 p. GA 1.13:B-278380.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3 P0b002ee18fd46ec5 f:2783803 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3 B-278380.3 Comptroller General Decision 1. Request that General Accounting Office reinstate an earlier protest and issue a decision on the merits after an agency cancels the underlying solicitation--or, alternatively, recommend reimbursement of the cost of pursuing that protest--is denied where the agency responded to the protest by canceling its initial award shortly after the protest was filed and reopening the competition, thus rendering the earlier protest academic, prior to properly canceling the procurement.<p/>2. Protester is not eligible to recover its proposal preparation costs where the solicitation was canceled before award was made, the decision to cancel appears reasonable, and the protester expressly declines to challenge the basis for the cancellation decision. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3.pdf GAO/B-278380.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278380-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-278380.3; QuanTech, Inc.--Costs, B-278380.3, June 17, 1998;