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B-243605 1 (1991-08-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrze0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 12 Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 2064 / (1 // Decision Matter of: Johnson Controls, Inc. File: B-243605 Date: August 1, 1991 Douglas 0. Smith, Esq., for the protester. Barry D. Segal, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that requirement for integration of building management and control system (BMCS) to be installed in federal building to be constructed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with an existing BMCS located at federal building complex in New Orleans exceeds agency's minimum needs and is restrictive of competition is denied where agency demonstrates reasonable basis for requiring integration of the two systems. DECISION Johnson Controls, Inc. protests the specifications in invitation for bids (IFB) No. GS-07P-91-HUC-0026, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the construction of a new federal building/courthouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Johnson Controls objects to the specifications which define the minimum hardware and performance requirements for a computer-based management and control system to be installed in the building. The protester complains that these specifications, which require the successful contractor to integrate, the controls of this project with an existing building management and control system (BMCS) located at the Federal Building Complex in New Orleans, Louisiana, are unduly restrictive of competition. According to the protester, integration of the Baton Rouge and New Orleans facilities can be accomplished only by the original controls manufacturer of the BMCS at the New Orleans facility since the manufacturer of that system used a proprietary data communications protocol that precludes interconnection of components from other manufacturers. The protester contends that the agency's minimum needs do not require integration of the two control systems.

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