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B-279662.5 1 (1999-05-25)

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Comptroller General
of the United States

Washington, D.C. 20548
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Decision                                    DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                           GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
                                           approved for public release.




Matter of: Electronic Design, Inc.

File:        B-279662.5

Date:        May 25, 1999

Brian A. Bannon, Esq., Wayne A. Keup, Esq., Margaret A. Dillenburg, Esq., and
Joseph S. Carlin, Esq., Dyer Ellis & Joseph, for the protester.
David S. Cohen, Esq., William F. Savarino, Esq., Alexis D. Konde, Esq., Victor G.
Klingelhofer, Esq., Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Cohen Mohr, for
Litton Integrated Systems Corporation, Guidance and Control Systems Division, the
intervenor.
Michael J. Glennon, Esq., John M. Davis, Esq., and Andrew C. Saunders, Esq.,
Department of the Navy, for the agency.
Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

An offeror's access to ship configuration drawings under a solicitation for ship
alterations is not an unfair competitive advantage where the solicitation sufficiently
identifies requirements for preparing proposals for all offerors and the offeror's
access to the drawings is not the result of unfair motives or actions on the part of the
government.
DECISION

Electronic Design, Inc. protests an award to Litton Integrated Systems Corporation,
Guidance and Control Systems Division, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. N00024-98-R-4013, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems
Command, for integrated ship control system upgrades for CG 47 Ticonderoga class
ships. Electronic Design contends that Litton had an unfair competitive advantage.

The protest is denied.

The RFP, as amended, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract, with
options, for upgrades on 27 CG 47 class ships through fiscal year 2004. RFP amend.
011, at 2, 8-13; Agency Supplemental Report, Apr. 26, 1999, at 11. The Navy received

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