IMPSA International Keeps $48 Million Army Container Cranes Deal

The US Army properly awarded IMPSA International Inc. a $48 million contract for two ship-to-ship container cranes, the US Court of Federal Claims said.

Protester Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services LLC argued that the Army should should have disqualified IMPSA’s bid for not satisfying a quality management system certification requirement under the technical evaluation.

But lack of certification wasn’t a bar to award. It was “simply a fact for the Army to consider,” which it did, Judge Stephen S. Schwartz said in an opinion released Tuesday

And the Army reasonably determined that IMPSA’s reliance on the certification of its Argentina-based ...