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  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548

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          Decision


          Matter  of:  Missouri Machinery & Engineering Company

          File:        B-403561

          Date:        November  18, 2010

          Robert E. Korb for the protester.
          Isaac Johnson Jr., Esq., Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast
          Guard, for the agency.
          Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          In a commercial item acquisition for the repair and overhaul of pumps, protest
          requiring vendors to be an original equipment manufacturer's authorized repair
          facility is sustained, where the agency does not show that the restriction on
          competition is necessary to meet its needs.
          DECISION

          Missouri Machinery & Engineering Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, protests the
          terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSCG40-10-Q-19039 issued by the
          Department  of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, for the repair and
          overhaul of air conditioning, bilge, and fire pumps on 110-foot coastal patrol boats.

          We  sustain the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The Coast Guard's 110-foot patrol boats are used for a variety of operations, such as
          search and rescue, counter-drug and counter-migrant operations, human trafficking
          prevention, general law enforcement, and homeland security. Agency Report (AR),
          Tab 6, Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition (J&A), at 2. These
          patrol boats have been in service for 18 to 26 years, and the Coast Guard expects
          them to remain in service for another 10 to 12 years. Id., Tab 7, Determinations and
          Findings (D&F), at 1; Contracting Officer's Technical Representative's (COTR)
          Statement, Oct. 1, 2010, at 1.

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