Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems

B-275034 Jan 17, 1997 Jump To VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights The issuance of a delivery order for the modernization of precision gunnery training systems and the acquisition of additional systems under an existing contract for automated data processing systems integration and support services is within the scope of the tasks called for in that contract. Lockheed contends that the delivery order is beyond the scope of UNITECH's contract. The PGTS is an interactive computer-based simulator. Lockheed is the prime contractor under a 1987 fixed-price Navy contract No. Other components of the PGTS were discontinued by the original equipment manufacturers or became outdated. The UNITECH contract was awarded to that firm on June 9. The contract was for the support of the Weapons Simulation and Information Services departments of the Indian Head Division. View Decision Matter of: Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems File: B-275034 Date: January 17, 1997 The issuance of a delivery order for the modernization of precision gunnery training systems and the acquisition of additional systems under an existing contract for automated data processing systems integration and support services is within the scope of the tasks called for in that contract, which specifically include the manufacture and integration of components in developing new or modifying existing training systems and the manufacture of prototype and production units of weapons system trainers. Attorneys DECISION Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems protests the Department of the Navy's issuance of a delivery order to Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH), for the modernization of the Marine Corps's TOW Precision Gunnery Training System (PGTS) and the acquisition of new PGTS units under UNITECH's existing level-of-effort, indefinite quantity contract No. N00600-95-D-1367 for automated data processing (ADP) systems integration and support services. Lockheed contends that the delivery order is beyond the scope of UNITECH's contract. We deny the protest. The PGTS is an interactive computer-based simulator, which replicates the operating characteristics of the TOW anti-tank weapon and allows TOW operators to conduct tactical anti-armor training by simulating the fire and tracking of TOW missiles using different target scenarios contained on a video disk and displayed on a monitor. The PGTS provides feedback to both the trainee gunner and the instructor on the gunner's performance and consists of a student station with a TOW weapon with computer link and an instructor operator station with a computer display that allows for instructor evaluation. Lockheed is the prime contractor under a 1987 fixed-price Navy contract No. N61339-87-C-0056 for the development and supply of TOW PGTS to the United States Army and the Marine Corps. Subsequently, the computer, monitor, and other components of the PGTS were discontinued by the original equipment manufacturers or became outdated, and the Army issued a firm, fixed-price modification for the Lockheed contract, based on a Lockheed engineering change proposal, for upgrading the Army's PGTS with up-to-date computers, monitors, and other components. The Marine Corps also has a need to modernize its TOW PGTS, and the Navy has determined to obtain this work through UNITECH's level-of-effort, indefinite quantity contract for ADP systems integration and support services. While the Navy also considered obtaining this work under Lockheed's contract, the Navy believed that UNITECH, which it considered to be an experienced and capable contractor, offered a lower cost to the government with a faster delivery schedule than Lockheed. The UNITECH contract was awarded to that firm on June 9, 1995, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00600-95-R-1367, pursuant to section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 637(a) (1994), [1] for a base period of 12 months with four yearly options.