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B-283393 1 (1999-11-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajmd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: h -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Charleston Marine Containers, hie. File: B-283393 Date: November 8, 1999 David R. Wall for the protester. Capt. Richard P. Donoghue, Department of the Army, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-Mc Grail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Buy American Act price differential should not be applied in evaluating proposal offering containers manufactured in Turkey because the Department of Defense has waived application of the Act to the acquisition of defense equipment manufactured in certain qualifying countries, one of which is Turkey. 2. Bases of protest which fail to allege improper conduct by the agency are dismissed. General Accounting Office will not conduct investigations for the purpose of establishing whether a protester may have a valid basis for protest. 3. General Accounting Office will not sustain protest objecting to agency's failure to hold discussions where it is apparent from the record that protester could not have improved its proposal enough through discussions to be in contention for award. DECISION Charleston Marine Containers, Inc. (CMCI) protests the award of a contract to Military Transport, Inc. (MTI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAMT01-99-R- 9007, issued by the Department of the Army's Military Traffic Management Command for the production of TRICON intermodal containers. CMCI contends that the agency failed to investigate adequately various aspects of MTIs proposal and engaged in improper discussions with the awardee. We deny the protest.

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