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B-266180 1 (1996-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaduj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Building Systems Contractors, Inc. File: B-266180; B-266184 Date: January 23, 1996 Alberto E. Vidal for the protester. Frank W. Miller, Esq., and Paul D. Warring, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests alleging that solicitations' requirements for brand name equipment are unduly restrictive of competition and that agency's decision to bundle its requirements for equipment and services in the same procurements is improper are denied where solicitations' stated requirements reasonably reflect the agency's minimum needs. DECISION Building Systems Contractors, Inc. protests the terms of invitation for bids (IFB) Nos. F49642-95-B-0024 and F49642-95-B-0025, issued by the Department of the Air Force to replace the heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system, lighting system and air-conditioning system of two facilities located at Bolling Air Force Base (AFB). The protester challenges the IFBs' requirements for a brand name computerized energy management control system (EMCS) as unduly restrictive of competition. The protester also contends that consolidating (bundling) the HVAC system installation services and the acquisition of an EMCS (which will control the HVAC and lighting systems) in the same procurements is improper; Building Systems contends that those requirements should be broken out into separate procurements. We deny the protests. The IFBs, as originally issued, required the manufacturer of the EMCS to be Landis and Gyr Powers, Inc. or an approved equal. Building Systems initially protested that the or equal language of the IFBs was meaningless since other solicitation requirements regarding installation and system compatibility specifically required the Landis EMCS. In response to the protests, the agency reexamined its needs and the solicitations' terms and deleted, by amendment to the IFBs, the or equal language. The Air Force determined that since Bolling AFB currently has the 833123

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