B-271999: Jul 25, 1996

A firm protested a Military Sealift Command (MSC) solicitation for tugboat services, contending that the solicitation's requirements were unduly restrictive. GAO held that MSC properly: (1) determined its minimum towing capacity requirements; and (2) amended the solicitation to allow a certain firm firm to compete. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-271999: Jul 25, 1996

000 pounds of towing capacity is denied where goal was a reasonable statement of agency's minimum need for towing capacity sufficient to assure safe and swift maneuver of an aircraft carrier in a congested port during adverse weather. The solicitation was issued on March 25. Tidewater maintains that no more than two will be necessary to meet the work requirements. That the bollard pull requirement...