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B-405851,B-405851.2 1 (2012-01-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadolq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General LAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Glatz Aeronautical Corporation File: B-405851; B-405851.2 Date: January 6, 2012 Jeffrey D. Glatz for the protester. Michael Kraycinovich, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's challenge to agency's decision not to fund protester's proposal under phase I of a solicitation issued pursuant to the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program is denied where, consistent with the solicitation's criteria, the agency reasonably determined that the protester's proposal was ranked 18' of 20 proposals. DECISION Glatz Aeronautical Corporation protests the decision of the Department of the Army not to fund Glatz's Phase I proposal under Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program solicitation No. FY11.2. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The SBIR program is designed to increase the participation of small business concerns in federally funded research or research and development (R&D). See Small Business Innovation Research Program Act of 1982, 15 U.S.C. § 638 (2006). Pursuant to this authority, federal agencies (such as the Army) with R&D extramural budgets in excess of $100 million are required to provide a program under which a portion of the agency's research or R&D effort is reserved for award to small business concerns through a three-phased process. See 15 U.S.C. § 638(e)(4), (f). Under phase I, small businesses are invited to submit proposals to conduct research on one or more topics specified in the annual SBIR program solicitation. Under phase II, firms that received phase I awards may, on their own

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