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B-271194 1 (1996-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaedg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: R&B Equipment Company File: B-271194 Date: May 22, 1996 Mitch Green for the protester. Col. Thomas F. Brown, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation for industrial chillers is unduly restrictive of competition because it requires that the compressor bearing housing be equipped with removable access panels is denied where the record shows that the requirement is reasonably based on historical data, including preventive maintenance records and the contracting agency's engineers' personal observations and experience, which support the agency's determination that the panels generally facilitate inspection and repairs on critical components of the chillers, thereby enhancing equipment longevity and reliability, while significantly reducing overall maintenance costs. DECISION R&B Equipment Company protests the terms of invitation for bids (IFB) No. F34650-95-B-0037, issued by the Department of the Air Force to replace three 2,000 ton-capacity industrial chillers at Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma. R&B contends that the IFB is unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. Amendment No. 4 to the IFB added the following specification: Compressor bearing housing shall be provided with removable access/inspection cover plate of sufficient size to permit inspection and replacement of compressor bearings. According to R&B, none of the manufacturers of industrial chillers can provide equipment that meets the requirement. Specifically, R&B asserts that none of the manufacturers can claim that the compressor bearings on their respective equipment can be inspected or replaced through a removable access plate. R&B further asserts that only one manufacturer, Carrier Corporation, can offer 1154522

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