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B-406739 1 (2012-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoym0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AL G A O0 Comptroller General Bo Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: American Material Handling, Inc. File: B-406739 Date: August 14, 2012 James S. Phillips, Esq., and Eric S. Crusius, Esq., Centre Law Group, LLC, for the protester. Leigh Ann Bunetta, Esq., General Services Administration, 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 Agency properly terminated the protester's contract for a mobile crane for the Department of the Air Force and reopened the competition for the crane, where the solicitation omitted a mandatory Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause requiring the contractor to use U.S.-flag vessels to ship the crane. DECISION American Material Handling, Inc. (AMH), of Watkinsville, Georgia, protests the termination of its contract and resolicitation of the requirement by the General Services Administration (GSA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 12RT005 for an all-terrain heavy duty mobile crane. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued by GSA on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Air Force, provided for award of a fixed-price contract for a commercial-off-the-shelf, 130-ton all-terrain mobile crane for Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Offerors were informed that award would be made on a best value basis, considering (in descending order of importance) technical capabilities, price, and past performance. RFP at 9. With regard to the evaluation of technical capabilities, the RFP provided that proposals would be evaluated considering the minimum technical capabilities of

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