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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  Point Blank Enterprises, Inc.

File:       B-415021

Date:       October 16, 2017

Paul A. Debolt, Esq., and Christopher Griesedieck, Esq., Venable, LLP, for the
protester.
Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., and Christopher S. Cole, Esq., Department of the Air Force,
for the agency.
Young S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's proposal is denied where protester
failed to submit, with its proposal, the number of product demonstration models, as
required by the solicitation.
DECISION

Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's proposal is denied where protester
failed to submit, with its proposal, the number of product demonstration models, as
required by the solicitation.
DECISION

Point Blank Enterprises, Inc., (PBE) of Pompano Beach, Florida protests its exclusion
from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. D1 7PS00345, issued
by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for soft armor ballistic
inserts. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably determined that PBE failed
to submit the number of product demonstration models (PDMs) required by the
solicitation.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On March 3, 2017, the agency issued the RFP, pursuant to Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) part 15, for SPEAR (Special Operations Forces Personal Equipment

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