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B-272126 1 (1996-06-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaehr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: PPG Industries, Inc. File: B-272126 Date: June 24, 1996 David S. Addington, Esq., Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, P.C., and Guy A. Zoghby, Esq., for the protester. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Behn Miller, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester that would likely participate in a procurement as a subcontractor, rather than as a prime contractor, is not an interested party to challenge an agency's intent to make a sole source award. DECISION PPG Industries, Inc. protests the proposed award of a sole source contract for passport printers, associated printer and document consumables and printer maintenance to the Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. PPG argues that the agency's decision to purchase only Toppan's Model MP-300 photodigital passport printer is improper because the State Department wrongly concluded that Toppan is the only responsible source of equipment, supplies and services for high-security passport production. PPG also contends that the award of this contract to Toppan, a Japanese company, violates report language on the use of domestic products for passport production in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995; violates the Buy American Act; and contravenes U.S. policy. We dismiss the protest. Prior to preparing an agency report, the State Department requested dismissal of this protest on the grounds that PPG is not a manufacturer of passport printers, and thus is not an interested party for purposes of pursuing a protest in this forum. PPG manufactures a synthetic material called Teslin that can be used in lieu of paper in the printing of security documents. The State Department contends that while PPG might be a subcontractor or supplier of its product to offerors proposing to supply other makes and models of passport printers, it would not itself be an 143621

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