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B-274246.10 1 (1998-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahln0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Symetrics Industries, Inc. File: B-274246.10 Date: September 17, 1998 Edward J. Kinberg, Esq., for the protester. Sophia L. Rafatjah, Esq., Tracor, Inc., and Robert T. Ebert, Esq., and Paul Shnitzer, Esq., Crowell & Moring, for Tracor Aerospace, Inc., the intervenor. Jo Ann Stringfield, Esq., and Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Contention that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's technical proposal, and improperly concluded that the awardee's higher-rated, higher-priced proposal offered the best value to the government, is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluation was reasonable, and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protester's assertion that the agency failed to hold meaningful discussions regarding two areas where its proposal was assessed moderate risk is denied where the record shows that in both instances the agency clearly advised the protester of the factual underpinning of its concerns. DECISION Symetrics Industries, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Tracor Aerospace, Inc. by the Department of the Air Force, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. F33657-96-R-0001, issued for the purchase of Lots V through VII of the AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System (CMDS). Symetrics argues that the evaluation of proposals was unreasonable, that discussions were improper, and that the selection decision lacked a reasonable basis. We deny the protest.

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