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B-293110.2,B-293556 1 (2004-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyqq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General ... .Accountability * Integrity Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Reedsport Machine & Fabrication File: B-293110.2; B-293556 Date: April 13, 2004 Daniel L. Duyck, Esq., Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, for the protester. B. J. Braun, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Peter Verchinski, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Allegation that agency's combination of two groups of motor lifeboats into one solicitation unduly restricts competition is denied where agency has reasonably demonstrated that a single contract is necessary to satisfy its minimum needs. DECISION Reedsport Machine & Fabrication protests the award of a contract to Modutech Marine, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DTCG85-04-B-66BOO3 (IFB 003), a small business set-aside issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, for haul out and repair work on 47-foot motor lifeboats (MLB) based at a group of Coast Guard stations near Astoria, Washington. Reedsport also protests the terms of IFB No. DTCG85-04-B-695133 (IFB 133), which requested bids for the same work at Coast Guard stations near Seattle, Washington. We deny the protests. On August 21, 2003, the Coast Guard issued IFB 003, which provided for the award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for a base year, with 4 option years. The IFB contemplated multiple awards and, towards that end, separated the MLBs into five geographic lots. Lots 1 through 4 were each composed of one Coast Guard group, while Lot 5 was composed of two groups (Group Seattle

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