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B-403336.2,B-403336.3 1 (2010-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbqv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General KWn , Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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: Tennier Industries, Inc. File: B-403336.2; B-403336.3 Date: October 26, 2010 Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, for the protester. Capt. Sean T. Nguyen, and Todd Bailey, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's proposal was reasonably determined to be technically unacceptable, where the agency's laboratory testing found that the protester's proposed product did not satisfy a material solicitation requirement. DECISION Tennier Industries, Inc., of Boca Raton, Florida, protests the rejection of its proposal and the award of a contract to Propper International, Inc., of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W911QY-09-R-0041, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, for sleeping bag systems. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a commercial item acquisition, provided for the award of a fixed- price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for 3-season sleep systems for the U.S. Marine Corps. The sleep system consists of four components: a sleeping bag, a bivy,' a compression stuff sack, and a mesh storage bag. 'A bivy (otherwise known as a bivouac sack) is a small, lightweight shelter that serves as an alternative to a tent. Legal Memorandum at 12.

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