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 2007-11-05 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-299936.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2 P0b002ee18fd48087 f:2999362 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2 B-299936.2 Comptroller General Decision

1. Agency's decision to cancel a solicitation, after a protest was filed, due to a lack of valid delegated procurement authority, was essentially pretextual when no other solicitations issued under the invalid delegation were cancelled.<p/> 2. Agency did not have a reasonable basis to rescind the selection of a vendor for providing training classes under the Government Employees Training Act based on its belief that the vendor plagiarized certain material from another vendor and included this material in its quotation, which the agency found indicated a lack of independent knowledge of the course material that rendered the quotation unacceptable, where the agency did not reasonably investigate its concerns, the record contains evidence that the vendor properly obtained this material from the agency and reasonably used it in its quotation, and the vendor's quotation contained information that was not plagiarized that was relevant to its knowledge of the course material. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2.pdf GAO/B-299936.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299936-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-299936.2; B-299936.2, Gonzales-McCaulley Investment Group, Inc., November 5, 2007; Title 41 Section 4101-4121 41 U.S.C. 4101-4121