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B-276457 1 (1997-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafym0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: International Code Services, Inc. File: B-276457 Date: June 16, 1997 Richard C. Walters, Esq., Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., and Stanley R. Soya, Esq., Piper & Marbury, for the protester. David R. Johnson, Esq., Kathleen C. Little, Esq., and Dennis E. Wiessner, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery, for Symtron Systems, Inc., an intervenor. Thomas T. Basil, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Adam Vodraska, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that multiple awards should be made because this would result in a lower price to the government is denied where the solicitation indicated that a single award in the aggregate would be made. DECISION International Code Services, Inc. (ICS) protests the award of a contract to Symtron Systems, Inc., by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N61339- 97-R-0006 for fire fighting training systems. ICS asserts that the Navy should have made multiple awards under the RFP with ICS receiving an award for that portion of the requirement on which its price was low. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on November 19, 1996, contemplated the award of a firm, fixed- price contract for commercially available, propane-fueled, fire fighting training systems for use at various Army installations in the following configurations: 2-floor and 3-floor modular/fixed structural trainers, mobile structural trainers, and mobile aircraft rescue/fire fighting trainers. These computer-controlled systems safely replicate flames, heat, and reduced visibility (using non-toxic smoke) during fire fighting training exercises. Offers were to include fabrication and delivery of the trainers, as well as set-up, testing, training, documentation, and warranty coverage. The RFP's price schedule consisted of three different lots. Lot I, the base quantity, requested line item prices for a 3-floor modular/fixed structural trainer for

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