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B-279466 1 (1998-06-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahsm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: The Trane Company File: B-279466 Date: June 18, 1998 Thomas W. Krause, Esq., and John B. Denniston, Esq., Covington & Burling, for the protester. John E. Larricia, Esq., James G. McLaren, Esq., Russell A. Bryan, and Jerry W. Aldridge, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-Mc Grail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contracting agency reasonably determined that upgrade and expansion of energy management and control system must be accomplished using the products of the manufacturer of the existing system where (1) the existing system communicates using a proprietary protocol and no gateways between that protocol and the protocols of other control systems' manufacturers have been developed, and (2) one technician will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the entire system. DECISION The Trane Company protests the terms of invitation for bids (IFB) No. F24604-98-B- 0013, issued by the Department of the Air Force for upgrade and expansion of the energy management and control system (EMCS) at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana. The protester argues that the IFB unduly restricts competition by requiring that the equipment to be installed have been manufactured by HSQ Technology. We deny the protest. Malmstrom's EMCS manages energy usage by the base's industrial facilities. The current system, which was installed in 1979 and expanded in 1988, encompasses more than 60 buildings, and is composed entirely of components manufactured by HSQ Technology. The system operates as follows: wall sensors located within each building feed climate and other energy usage data to remote terminal units (RTU), which transmit the data along fiber optic lines to a central command and control unit (CCU), which analyzes the data. The system communicates using a protocol that is proprietary to HSQ.

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