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United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
approved for public release.
D e c i s i o n ......................................................................................................................
Matter of: Wartsila Defense, Inc.
File: B-401224
Date: May 26, 2009
Daniel Weckstein, Esq., William M. Dozier, Esq., and Gretchen M. Baker, Esq.,
Vandeventer Black LLP, for the protester.
Scott E. Pickens, Esq., and Richard H. Streeter, Esq., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, for
the intervenor.
Bryan H. Wood, Esq., and Robert Swennes, Esq., Office of Naval Research, for the
agency.
Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's fixed-price proposal in research
and development procurement is denied where the record shows that the agency
reasonably determined that award of a cost-type contract was required.
DECISION
Wartsila Defense, Inc., of Helsinki, Finland, protests the Department of the Navy's
decision not to award it a phase two research and development contract under
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. BAA06-011, for the development of a
Compact High Power Density Waterjet.
We deny the protest.
The BAA contemplated a two-phase award process for the development and testing
of a prototype waterjet to eventually be utilized in advanced Navy ships. For phase
one, the solicitation required offerors to propose pump design, model fabrication,
and a large-scale demonstration plan. Phase two required large-scale at-sea
demonstrations and testing. The solicitation stated that it is anticipated that ONR
[Office of Naval Research] will award one or more Cost type contracts for this
effort. BAA at 7.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadixh0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)