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B-285505 1 (2000-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaldq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Lucent Technologies, Inc. File: B-285505 Date: August 23, 2000 Dean L. Grayson, Esq., for the protester. Robert D. Hogue, Esq., Catherine L. Horan, Esq., and Craig L. Kemmerer, Esq., Naval Sea Systems Command, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of General Counsel, GAO, participated in preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that requirement for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system at new agency headquarters facilities is unduly restrictive of competition is denied where agency reasonably determined that a Vo IP approach would permit a convergence of voice and data systems, avoiding the necessity for both a comprehensive telephone system (with a parallel wiring system) and a separate data network, and thereby enhance the agency's ability to reduce its cost of operation and ease its administrative burden. DECISION Lucent Technologies, Inc. protests the terms of request for propo sals (RFP) No. N00024-00-R-4105, issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) (as a simplified acquisition under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5) for a Voice over Internet Protocol (Vo IP) telephony system at its new headquarters facilities at the Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia. Lucent asserts that the requirement for a Vo IP system exceeds the agency's needs and unduly restricts competition. We deny the protest. As a result of the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure process, which resulted in a determination that NAVSEA must vacate its leased space in Arlington, Virginia and move its headquarters functions to the Washington Navy Yard by July 13, 2001, NAVSEA is constructing new headquarters facilities at the Washington Navy Yard.

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