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 2000-01-19 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-283887 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-283887 P0b002ee18fd4633e f:283887 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-283887 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-283887 B-283887 Comptroller General Decision 1. Determination to cancel invitation for bids after bid opening is unobjectionable where all bids exceeded the funding allocated for the project, irrespective of any dispute concerning the validity of the government estimate or the reasonableness of the price of the low responsive bid.<p/>2. Protest that agency conducted flawed discussions by not informing the protester that its prices were too high is denied where the agency was not required to do so and the record shows that the agency's conduct of discussions was consistent with the regulatory requirement for discussions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-283887/html/GAOREPORTS-B-283887.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-283887/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-283887.pdf GAO/B-283887 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-283887 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-283887; National Projects, Inc., B-283887, January 19, 2000;