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B-406219 1 (2012-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoqe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Coastal Seal Services, LLC File: B-406219 Date: March 12, 2012 William H. Anderson, Esq., Robertson & Anderson, PLLC, for the protester. Davis Young, Esq., and Stephen A. Copetas, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Navy decision to limit procurement to brand name, original equipment manufacturer part was unobjectionable where the part was component of critical ship equipment, the failure of which could have serious consequences for deployed military forces; the agency lacked technical data rights to overall system; and the agency reasonably determined, based on its review of data submitted by protester, that it lacked adequate data to conduct a competitive procurement for the part. DECISION Coastal Seal Services, LLC (CSS) of Lincolnton, North Carolina, protests the Department of the Navy's intent to issue purchase orders on a sole source basis to Wartsila Defense Inc., of Chesapeake, Virginia, under requests for quotations (RFQ) Nos. N40442-12-T-7153 and N40442-12-T-7154, for replacement stern tube shaft seal repair kits. CSS asserts that a requirement for brand name kits is unduly restrictive. We deny the protest. The RFQs, issued on December 6, 2011, announced the Navy's intent to issue a sole-source, fixed-price order to Wartsila for brand name aft stern and forward stern tube seal repair kits for T-AO class seagoing replenishment oilers USNS Big Horn (RFQ No.N40442-12-T-7153) and USNS Lenthall (RFQ No. N40442-12-T-7154), whose mission is to shuttle fuel oil and supplies to operating naval forces. Agency Report (AR) Tabs C1, C2. The Navy normally provides these seal repair kits as

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