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B-409084.2,B-409084.3,B-409084 1 (2014-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqee0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i G A O Comptroller General -Ac;MtabiltI ty nfgilty I ReliIbikty 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 Decision [...been approvedforpublic release. Matter of: Zodiac of North America File: B-409084; B-409084.2; B-409084.3 Date: January 17, 2014 Michael R. Golden, Esq., Stanley R. Soya, Esq., Robert T. Leahy, Esq., and Craig A. Schwartz, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for the protester. David M. Hibey, Esq., John S. Cahalan, Esq., Ronald K. Henry, Esq., and Jennifer B. Patterson, Esq., Kaye Scholer LLP, for Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., an intervenor. Michael Kraycinovich, Esq., Michael Szajenko, Esq, and Crystal Monroe, Esq. Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging technical acceptability of awardee's proposed inflatable craft is denied where record demonstrates that agency reasonably evaluated awardee's test reports demonstrating compliance with the solicitation's speed requirements. 2. Protest that agency conducted unequal discussions in a lowest-priced, technically-acceptable procurement is denied where the record shows that the agency provided offerors an equal opportunity to revise their proposals to make them acceptable. DECISION Zodiac of North America, of Stevensville, Maryland, protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (ADS), of Virginia Beach, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W56HZV-1 3-R-01 86, for inflatable combat raiding craft and inflatable combat assault craft. Zodiac contends that the agency made award on the basis of an unacceptable proposal and engaged in unequal discussions. We deny the protest.

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