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B-288659 1 (2001-11-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamsn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General A a * Integrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Ocean Technical Services, Inc. File: B-288659 Date: November 27, 2001 Esteban Fernandez for the protester. John J. Ralston, Esq., United States Coast Guard, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where agency is not required to hold discussions or otherwise communicate with vendors regarding past performance information, and where agency has no reason to question the validity of past performance information received, agency can reasonably rely on information furnished without seeking to verify it or permitting the protester an opportunity to rebut it. DECISION Ocean Technical Services, Inc. (Otech), a small disadvantaged business concern, protests the United States Coast Guard's award of a contract to Wepfer Marine under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DTCG80-01-Q-3FAG73 for repair of the Coast Guard cutter Greenbrier, which is based in Natchez, Mississippi.' Otech questions the agency's evaluation of its quotation and the resulting selection decision. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items, and the procurement was conducted using simplified acquisition procedures. The RFQ was issued on an unrestricted basis, but included a price adjustment provision for small disadvantaged business concerns. 1 A cutter is a Coast Guard vessel 65 feet long or longer, with accommodations for crew to live aboard. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1.

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