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B-279714 1 (1998-07-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahtk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Instrument Specialists, Inc. File: B-279714 Date: July 14, 1998 Carl Payne Tobey, Jr., Esq., for the protester. Darryl Bardusch, Esq., Maj. Michael J. O'Farrell, and Col. Nicholas P. Retson, Department of the Army, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that solicitation requirements for monthly on-site maintenance tasks and relatively fast turn-around time for off-site repairs are unduly restrictive of competition is denied where record establishes that the requirements were reasonably designed to ensure that the agency's actual needs would be met. 2. Agency is not required to structure solicitation requirements to eliminate competitive advantages of offerors located closer to site of performance where advantages did not result from any unfair government action. DECISION Instrument Specialists, Inc. (ISI) protests the terms of solicitation No. DADA16-98-T- 0162, issued by the Department of the Army as a total small business set-aside, for repair and maintenance of general and specialized surgical instruments. ISI contends that the specifications are unduly restrictive. We deny the protest. The solicitation contemplated the award of a fixed-price, requirements contract for a 6-month base period with four, 1-year options, under which the awardee will perform on-site repair and preventive maintenance on a monthly basis and off-site services on an as-needed basis. Off-site turn-around time may not exceed 15 working days. According to the statement of work (SOW), at 5: Repair and preventive maintenance work shall include sharpening, adjusting, polishing, cleaning, realignment and replacement of parts that are lost, worn, or broken to like new condition on Government- owned general and specialized surgical instruments for Tripler

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