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B-404981 1 (2011-07-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbwr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL G A O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * 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 aprvdfor public release. Decision Matter of: Measurements International Inc. File: B-404981 Date: July 15, 2011 Rand L. Allen, Esq., Kevin J. Maynard, Esq., and Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Robert Allen Evers, Esq., for the intervenor. Col. Mark S. Teskey, Marvin Kent Gibbs, Esq., and Charles R. Epperson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to adequately consider various risks associated with awardee's proposal to upgrade resistance measurement systems is denied, where the record shows that the agency performed a reasonable evaluation of risk in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. DECISION Measurements International Inc., of Oviedo, Florida, protests the award of a contract by the Department of the Air Force to Guildline Instruments of Smiths Falls, Ontario, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA2263-10-R-0001, for the purchase of resistance measurement systems (RMS). The protester contends that the agency erred in determining that the awardee's proposal was technically acceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP sought proposals to provide RMS to be used by the Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program facility. RMS are sophisticated measurement devices used to test and calibrate electronic components found in a variety of equipment. The RFP advised that a single fixed-price contract would be awarded to the offeror who submitted the lowest-priced, technically acceptable proposal. RFP at 57. The RFP did not require contractors to submit past performance information and did not

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