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B-406171,B-406323 1 (2012-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoox0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A-,G A O0 Comptroller General & E Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Camden Shipping Corporation File: B-406171 ; B-406323 Date: February 27, 2012 Beverlyn Grissom for the protester. Kristopher A. Fischer, Esq., Robert M. Elwell, Esq., and Kelly McKallagat, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably awarded a bridge contract on a sole-source basis for the operation and maintenance of a vessel, where the agency reasonably determined that only the incumbent contractor/awardee could ensure the critically needed uninterrupted operation of the vessel, and the sole-source award did not result from a lack of advance procurement planning. 2. Agency had a reasonable basis to cancel a solicitation for the operation and maintenance of a vessel that was set-aside for small businesses, and reissue the solicitation for the same services on an unrestricted basis, where the record supports the agency's determination that prices offered by the small businesses in response to the solicitation set aside for small businesses were unreasonable. DECISION Camden Shipping Corporation protests the award, on a sole-source basis, of a bridge contract (N00033-12-C-2502 (C-2502)) to Seaward Services, Inc. by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command (MSC), for the operation and maintenance of the ocean survey vessel (OSV) BOLD. Camden also contends that RFP No. N00033-12-R-2501 (RFP 12-2501), issued by MSC for the same services, should have been issued as a total small business set-aside. We deny the protests.

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