Bid Protest Ruling: Nordic Air, Inc.B-400540 November 26, 2008 Nordic Air, Inc., of West Geneva, Ohio, protests the award of a contract to Air Rover, Inc., of Tyler, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. ) No. N00164-08-R-JS25, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Noun 1. Naval Surface Warfare Center - the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare NSWC , Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, for environmental control units (ECU). Nordic contends that the Air Rover proposal failed to meet material solicitation requirements in that the awardee did not propose to provide ECUs with the same NSNs as those included in product descriptions under four contract line item numbers (CLIN CLIN Contract Line Item Number CLIN Clinical CLIN Comités de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales CLIN Community Learning and Information Network CLIN Customer Line Item Number CLIN Chronic Lymphocytic Interstitial Nephritis (Swine Leptospirosis) ) for various types and sizes of required ECUs. The protester, the only firm that manufactures ECUs with the NSNs referenced in the RFP, alleges that the agency improperly relaxed the RFP's requirements for Air Rover by accepting its proposal of ECUs that have not been assigned the NSNs referenced in the RFP and thus will not comply with additional detailed specifications associated with the referenced NSNs. We deny the protest. |
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