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B-291931.2 1 (2003-07-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyix0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Colmek Systems Engineering File: B-291931.2 Date: July 9, 2003 Craig G. Adamson, Esq., and Craig A. Hoggan, Esq., Dart, Adamson & Donavan, for the protester. Richard Dale, II, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria, which logically encompassed the area for which the protester's proposal was downgraded. DECISION Colmek Systems Engineering, Inc. protests the award of a contract to RD Instruments (RDI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00174-02-R-0067, issued by the Department of the Navy for the production, delivery, and support of the MK 15 MOD 0 Underwater Imaging System for use by the Navy's explosive ordnance disposal forces. Colmek argues that the Navy improperly evaluated its proposal and improperly made award on the basis of initial proposals, without conducting discussions. We deny the protest. To eliminate hazardous ordnance that jeopardizes military operations, the Navy's explosive ordnance disposal forces must search, detect, locate, and classify mines and other explosive threats during explosive ordnance disposal mine counter- measure operations. The Navy anticipates that the integration of navigation and sonar tools in the underwater imaging system (UIS) it is procuring here will enhance warfighter effectiveness by allowing a single diver to operate the tools simultaneously and will greatly enhance underwater area searches and location capabilities. The UIS consists of a diver-held unit, two navigation beacons for long

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