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B-280452 1 (1998-10-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahvq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Sample's Shipyard File: B-280452 Date: October 1, 1998 Chris Braga for the protester. Richard V. Gonzales, Esq., U. S. Coast Guard, for the agency. Jeanne W. Isrin, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In procurement for vessel repairs at contractor's shipyard, agency reasonably based distance calculation used in cost evaluation on longer route than route suggested by protester, where agency determined that shorter route would put vessel at unwarranted risk. DECISION Sample's Shipyard protests the award of a contract to Ocean Technical Services, Inc. (Otech) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DTCG80-98-B-3FC799, issued by the Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard (USCG) for the drydock and repair of the USCG cutter Vashon.1 We deny the protest. The IFB contemplated award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite -quantity contract, to be performed at the contractor's shipyard. Award was to be made to the low responsive bid submitted by a responsible bidder. The low bid was to be determined by adding extended prices for all line items to five foreseeable cost factors to be incurred by the USCG as a result of having the work performed at a shipyard other than the homepier; these would vary based on the location of the contractor's shipyard. IFB §§ M.1(b), M.3. The protest concerns one of these factors, the distance factor--$16.90 per nautical mile--which reflected the USCG's facility costs to navigate the vessel to and from the contractor's shipyard. IFB § M.3. Three bids were received by the May 1 bid opening. The protester's total bid as submitted--before addition of the distance factor--was low at $292,368, while Otech's 1Although the IFB also solicited drydock and repair for an additional vessel, the USCG cutter Ocracoke, only the award with respect to the Vashon is at issue here.

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