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B-416392 1 (2018-08-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduzd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Glatz Aeronautical Corporation File: B-416392 Date: August 9, 2018 Jeffrey D. Glatz, for the protester. Rachel E. Woods, Esq., and James Blakeman, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's decision not to fund proposal under phase I of Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program solicitation is denied where the evaluation was consistent with solicitation. DECISION Glatz Aeronautical Corporation, a small business located in Newtown, Pennsylvania, protests the determination of the Department of the Army not to fund Glatz's phase I proposal under the Department of Defense's (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. DoD SBIR-18-1, Army Topic No. Al 8-001, which invited proposals for research projects to address air platform passive occupant protection.' The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal as unreasonable. 1 The SBIR program is designed to increase the participation of small business concerns in federally funded research or research and development (R&D). See SBIR Program Act of 1982, 15 U.S.C. § 638. Pursuant to this authority, certain federal agencies, including DoD, 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 generally id. Under the program, firms first apply for a phase I award to test the scientific, technical, and commercial merit and feasibility of a certain concept. If this is successful, the firm may be invited to apply for a phase II award to further develop the concept. After the completion of phase II, firms are expected to obtain funding from the private sector and/or non-SBIR government (continued...)

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