About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-278900 1 (1998-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Higher Power Engineering File: B-278900 Date: March 18, 1998 Ronald Cooper for the protester. Ls B. Young, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Marie Penny Ahearn, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's decision not to fund protester's proposal under Small Business Innovation Research Program procurement was proper where evaluation was consistent with terms of solicitation and there is no showing of agency bad faith or violation of regulations. DECISION Higher Power Engineering (HPE) protests the rejection of its proposal by the Department of the Navy under Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program solicitation No. N97-142. HPE alleges that the Navy improperly evaluated its proposal. We deny the protest. The solicitation sought phase I proposals on the topic, Integrated Control of a Powered Causeway Ferry. Offerors were to submit proposals for development and demonstration of a commercially viable integrated, intuitive operator friendly controller that will increase maneuverability of causeway ferries while reducing the need for highly skilled operators and will simultaneously control from two to four ... thrusters.1 The solicitation contained four evaluation criteria as follows: 1Navy causeway ferries are used to transport materiel from ships to shore where a ship is unable to dock directly at a pier. Existing ferries are composed of a powered unit and one or more nonpowered units, but are not fully capable of maneuvering alongside ships and piers in higher sea states. As explained in the solicitation, this deficiency is considered to be the result of the fact that there currently are only two thrusters available to power and maneuver the ferry, both (continued...)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most