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B-286772.2 1 (2001-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamng0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Columbia Imaging, Inc. File: B-286772.2; B-287363 Date: April 13, 2001 John R. Holsey and Wayne M. Horsman for the protester. LTC Richard B. O'Keefe, Jr., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In solicitations for maintenance of medical equipment, requirements that vendors' technicians have factory training on specific models to be maintained and telephone access to technical support for software, and that vendors furnish proof of license agreement for access to diagnostic software, are not unduly restrictive where requirements are reasonably aimed at ensuring that vendors possess the capability to maintain the identified equipment. DECISION Columbia Imaging, Inc. protests the specifications in amended request for quotations (RFQ) No. DADA15-00-T-0053 (RFQ 0053) and RFQ No. DADA15-01-T-0224 (RFQ 0224), issued by the Department of the Army for maintenance of medical diagnostic and treatment equipment. Columbia asserts that the requirements for factory training and access to diagnostic software unduly restrict competition. We deny the protests. Each RFQ contemplated the award of a requirements contract for a period of 1 base year, with 3 option years, for preventive maintenance and unlimited on-site emergency repair of medical equipment manufactured by Philips Medical Systems (PMS). RFQ 0053 concerns cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) equipment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and RFQ 0224 concerns x-ray systems at DeWitt Army Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. With regard to RFQ 0053, both Columbia and PMS submitted quotes by the September 15, 2000 deadline. The agency conducted discussions with both vendors

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