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B-274694.2 1 (1997-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Phoenix Technical Services Corporation File: B-274694.2 Date: March 12, 1997 Christopher M. Wawack, Esq., and Joseph A. Camardo, Jr., Esq., Law Offices of Joseph A. Camardo, Jr., for the protester. Marian E. Sullivan, Esq., and Gregory Petkoff, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., Glenn Wolcott, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Procuring agency's decision to combine engineering support services for various electrical and avionics systems primarily on the C-130 and the C-141 aircraft is reasonable where agency has shown that the combination represents its minimum needs to obtain necessary systems integration. 2. Protest that procurement for various engineering support services should have been set aside for exclusive small business participation is denied where the record shows that the contracting officer did not abuse his discretion in determining that there was not a reasonable expectation of receiving proposals from at least two responsible small business offerors. DECISION Phoenix Technical Services Corporation protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. F09603-96-R-13361, issued by the Department of the Air Force for avionics engineering services at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (ALC). The solicitation is for engineering support services for various electrical and avionics systems primarily on the C-130 and the C-141 aircraft, otherwise known as the electric al/avio nic s systems engineering support (EASES) program. Phoenix, a small business concern, challenges the agency's combining various engineering services into one requirement as unduly restrictive of competition and maintains that the procurement should be set aside for exclusive small business participation. We deny the protest.

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