Halves and Halves Not

DLA planned to procure "423 coupling halves" using a "special emergency procurement authority" and set the procurement aside for small businesses. After a pre-award protest by Chase, DLA canceled the solicitation, and issued a second solicitation with a smaller request for 176 coupling halves. After DLA made an award, Chase protested again. DLA took corrective action to cancel the solicitation and award. GAO dismissed the protest of the second solicitation as academic. GAO also reaffirmed that "an agency may cancel a solicitation during the course of a protest," rejecting Chase's claims related to the first cancellation.

GAO: Chase Supply, Inc., d/b/a Chase Defense Partners, B-424032 (Jan 20, 2026)