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B-277656 1 (1997-11-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagcz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Greenwich Air Services, Inc. File: B-277656 Date: November 5, 1997 John A. Ordway, Esq., Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, for the protester. Paul Shnitzer, Esq., Crowell & Moring, for Turbo Power & Marine Systems, Inc. an intervenor. Richard Gonzales, Esq., Department of Transportation, for the agency. Katherine Riback, Esq., Glenn Wolcott, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. RFP requirement that technical representative of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) be present during six critical phases of the overhaul and repair work of power turbines is not unduly restrictive where requirement is based on agency's reasonable concerns regarding safe operation of ships. 2. Protester's unsupported speculation that involvement of OEM technical representative will undermine contract performance, thereby decreasing the protester's chances for subsequent awards, does not provide basis for protest. DECISION Greenwich Air Services, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. DTCG40-97-R-70026, issued by the Coast Guard for the overhaul and repair of Pratt & Whitney power turbines.1 Greenwich contends that the solicitation requirement that a technical representative of the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) be present during certain phases of the overhaul and repair process improperly restricts competition and creates an organizational conflict of interest for Turbo Power and Marine Systems, Inc., the OEM.2 1The power turbines are used in the Coast Guard's 378' High Endurance Cutters and 400' Ice Breakers. 2Turbo Power and Marine Systems, Inc. is an affiliate of Pratt & Whitney.

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