B-219178, JUL 22, 1985, 85-2 CPD 68
Highlights
BY AGENCY DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE AGENCY MODIFIES THE CHALLENGED SOLICITATION AS THE PROTESTER REQUESTS. THE PROTESTER ARGUED THAT THE RFP SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FURNISH THE NECESSARY DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE.
B-219178, JUL 22, 1985, 85-2 CPD 68
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - MOOT, ACADEMIC, ETC. QUESTIONS - CORRECTIVE ACTION PROPOSED, TAKEN, ETC. BY AGENCY DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE AGENCY MODIFIES THE CHALLENGED SOLICITATION AS THE PROTESTER REQUESTS.
HALIFAX ENGINEERING, INC.:
ON JUNE 19, 1985, HALIFAX ENGINEERING, INC. FILED A PROTEST WITH OUR OFFICE CONCERNING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. N00014-85-R-0041, ISSUED BY THE NAVY FOR HARDWARE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AT THE NATIONAL SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABS, MISSISSIPPI. THE PROTESTER ARGUED THAT THE RFP SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FURNISH THE NECESSARY DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE, RATHER THAN REQUIRING THE OFFERORS TO EITHER PURCHASE OR DEVELOP THE SOFTWARE THEMSELVES.
ON JUNE 28, THE NAVY AMENDED THE RFP TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD FURNISH THE SOFTWARE, AS HALIFAX HAD REQUESTED. SINCE THE PROTESTER THUS HAS RECEIVED THE RELIEF IT INITIALLY REQUESTED, WE DISMISS THE PROTESTS AS ACADEMIC.