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B-251969.5,B-251969.6 1 (1994-04-08)

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Comptroller General                                      1107124
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision



Matter of:      General Offshore Corporation

File:           B-251969.5; B-251969.6

Date:           April 8, 1994

W. Bruce Shirk, Esq., and Laura K. Kennedy, Esq., Seyfarth,
Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, for the protester.
Thomas P. Humphrey, Esq., and Devorah S. Mayman, Esq.;
Crowell and Moring, for MAR, Inc., an interested party.
Barbara Vail, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the
agency.
Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John Van Schaik, Esq., Office of
the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of
the decision.

DIGEST

1. Protest that awardee's proposal was noncompliant with
solicitation requirements is denied where agency reasonably
found that awardee's proposal met solicitation requirements
concerning corporate and personnel experience and a computer
system.

2. Protest allegations are dismissed as academic where,
even if the allegations were sustained, protester would not
be in line for award because its proposed and evaluated cost
was higher and its proposal's technical score was lower than
that of an intervening offeror.

DECISION

General Offshore Corporation (GOC) protests the award of
a contract to MAR, Inc., under request for proposals
(RFP) No. CS-92-009, issued by the U.S. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury, for maintenance of Customs
vessels. GOC challenges the agency's award determination,
arguing that MAR's proposal failed to meet certain
requirements of the RFP.

We dismiss the protest in part and deny it in part.

The RFP sought proposals to furnish necessary personnel,
services, materials, and facilities primarily to perform
preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance for
various Customs vessels on a nationwide basis as part of

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