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B-406479.2 1 (2012-08-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadozq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Ceradyne, Inc. File: B-406479.2 Date: August 15, 2012 Michael A. Hordell, Esq., Michael R. Golden, Esq., Heather Kilgore Weiner, Esq., and Samuel W. Jack, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for the protester. Shantay N. Clarke, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where protester fails to demonstrate that agency's statistical testing methodology unreasonably restricts competition. DECISION Ceradyne, Inc., of Costa Mesa, California, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. SPM1 C1-11-R-0118, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency for lightweight advanced combat helmets. The protester contends that the agency's methodology for evaluating the results of required ballistic testing of the helmets is unreasonable and restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. The RFP, which was issued on November 28, 2011, contemplates the award of 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts (for a 24-month base period) to the 3 lowest-priced offerors of technically acceptable proposals. The only factor to be considered in determining the technical acceptability is whether the offeror has furnished passing ballistic test reports--that is, test reports demonstrating that the offeror will be able to meet the ballistic requirements for first article testing. The closing date for receipt of proposals was July 19, 2012.1 1 At the time Ceradyne filed its protest with our Office on May 9, 2012, the closing date was set for May 30; the agency subsequently amended the RFP to extend the closing date to July 19. RFP, amend. No. 22.

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