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B-292847,B-292847.2,B-292847.3 1 (2003-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyns0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0 Comptroller General ....Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: American Ordnance, LLC File: B-292847; B-292847.2; B-292847.3 Date: December 5, 2003 Richard B. Oliver, Esq., and Gregory Murphy, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for the protester. James J. McCullough, Esq., and Steven A. Alerding, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, for AMTEC Corp., an intervenor. Joshua Kranzberg, Esq., and John W. Seeck, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably assessed weaknesses against protester's proposal where proposal failed to include information required by the solicitation. 2. Agency was not required to discuss weaknesses in protester's proposal that did not make the proposal unacceptable or prevent protester from having a reasonable opportunity for award. DECISION American Ordnance, LLC (AO) protests the award of a contract to AMTEC Corp. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAAAO9-02-R-0064, issued by the Department of the Army for a contractor to load, assemble and pack charges for TNT demolition blocks. AO challenges several aspects of the evaluation. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for a best value award based on an evaluation of three factors-- manufacturing plan, past performance and small business utilization--and price. The manufacturing plan factor was comprised of three subfactors--quality management system, essential processes and procedures, and essential skills--and the small business utilization factor was comprised of two subfactors--proposed small business utilization and past small business utilization. The manufacturing plan factor was significantly more important than the other factors, the small business

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