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B-284949 1 (2000-06-19)

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                   Il GentOa
 __Comptroller General
                                                                  of the United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of: Techseco, Inc.

         File:       B-284949

         Date:       June 19, 2000


         Ron Brown for the protester.
         Susan W. Boyette for Flowmeter Services & Energy Management Consultants, Inc.,
         an intervenor.
         Mary E. Clarke, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
         Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Agency reasonably rejected as technically unacceptable a proposal that was
         noncompliant with material solicitation requirements that proposed service
         engineers possess current training certifications issued by specified equipment
         manufacturers.
         DECISION

         Techseco, Inc. protests the rejection of its proposal as technically unacceptable and
         the award of a contract to Flowmeter Services & Energy Management Consultants,
         Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP3100-00-R-0005, issued as a small
         business set-aside by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for preventive
         maintenance and repair services on certain metering and data collection systems
         located at the Defense Distribution Depot Norfolk (DDNV) complex at the Norfolk
         Naval Station.

         We deny the protest.

         The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to the low-priced,
         technically acceptable offeror for a base year with four 1-year options. RFP at 4, 11.
         Regarding the equipment to be maintained, the statement of work noted that the
         meters and meter processors at DDNV had been manufactured by Engineering
         Measurements Company (EMCO), and that the facility had Enersave II and/or
         Energy Manager NT data collection systems manufactured by Lifespring Resources.

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