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B-278125 1 (1997-12-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagev0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Green Shop, Inc. File: B-278125 Date: December 1, 1997 Philip Kircher for the protester. Capt. William R. Hinchman, Department of the Army, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably rejected the protester's proposal as technically unacceptable where the protester took exception in its proposal to material specification requirements as contained in the solicitation. DECISION Green Shop, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Arctic Industrial & Automotive Supply under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAHC76-97-R-0007, issued by the Department of the Army for a quantity of biodegradable parts washers. The protester challenges the rejection of its proposal as technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. The RFP, as amended, provided that the award would be made to the offeror submitting the low-priced, technically acceptable proposal. The RFP stated that in determining the technical acceptability of a proposal, the agency would evaluate an offeror's compliance with the specifications and the required delivery schedule. Among other things, the specifications for line item Nos. 0001 and 0002 required that the cabinets of the parts washers be constructed of a minimum of 11-gauge steel and that the water tanks be constructed of stainless steel. For line item No. 0001, the specifications also required a production capacity of 200 gallons per minute and for line item No. 0002, the specifications required a production capacity of 80 gallons per minute. The agency rejected the protester's lower-priced proposal as technically unacceptable for failing to comply with the specifications. In its amended proposal, for line item Nos. 0001 and 0002, the protester proposed to furnish parts washers constructed of thinner 12-gauge steel, instead of thicker 11-gauge steel as required by the specifications. The protester also proposed steel water tanks instead of the required stainless steel water tanks. In addition, for line item No. 0001, the

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