McColm & Company, LLC
Highlights
McColm & Company, LLC, a women-owned small business of St. Petersburg, Florida, protests the terms of request for proposals No. HQ003424R0020, issued by the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, for instruction and training management support services. The protester contends that the solicitation is unduly restrictive and patently ambiguous.
Decision
Matter of: McColm & Company, LLC
File: B-422183
Date: November 15, 2023
DECISION
McColm & Company, LLC, a women-owned small business of St. Petersburg, Florida, protests the terms of request for proposals No. HQ003424R0020, issued by the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, for instruction and training management support services. The protester contends that the solicitation is unduly restrictive and patently ambiguous.
We dismiss the protest because the agency has cancelled the solicitation.
The jurisdiction of our Office is established by the bid protest provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3551-3557. Our role in resolving bid protests is to ensure that the statutory requirements for full and open competition are met. Honeywell Tech. Solutions, Inc., B‑407159.4, May 2, 2013, 2013 CPD ¶ 110 at 3.
Prior to the December 11, 2023 due date for the agency report, the agency informed our Office that it had cancelled the solicitation on November 9. Notice of Corrective Action at 1. The agency added that it “notified prospective offerors of the cancellation on November 9” and that it “will issue a new solicitation that will clarify the government’s requirements, terms, and conditions.” Id. The cancellation of a solicitation renders a protest of the award of a contract under that solicitation academic. Ferris Optical, B‑403012.2, B-403012.3, Oct. 21, 2010, 2010 CPD ¶ 265 at 2. We do not consider academic protests. Id.
The protest is dismissed.
Edda Emmanuelli Perez
General Counsel