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B-280603.4 1 (1999-05-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajer0001 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 GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Container Products Corporation File: B-280603.4 Date: May 20, 1999 Joel Hughes for the protester. Linda L. Shapiro, Esq., Steven E. Kellogg, Esq., Thompson Coburn, for Keco Industries, Inc., and James H. Roberts III, Esq., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, for Gichner Shelter Systems, intervenors. Samuel J. Galbo, Esq., and J. Page Turney, Esq., U.S. Marine Corps, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Exclusion of the protester's proposal from the competitive range was reasonable where offeror failed to provide any schedule for first article and production testing, or to discuss its capabilities for conducting such tests, as required by the solicitation, but merely repeated solicitation requirements and stated that it would comply with them, resulting in a rating of Unacceptable for testing. DECISION Container Products Corporation (CPC) protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. M67854-98-R-3005, issued by the United States Marine Corps for cargo containers. The protester argues that the evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable. We deny the protest. On June 10, 1998, the agency issued the RFP for production and delivery of quadruple containers (QUADCONS), container racks, and horizontal connectors; the QUADCONS at issue here are an intermediate-size cargo container designed for shipment and transportation of military supplies and equipment. See Container Prods. Corp., B-280603.2, Nov. 4, 1998, 98-2 CPD T 106 at 1. Section F-1 of the RFP advised offerors of the agency's intention to issue delivery orders for contract line item numbers (CLIN) 0001-0003, for first articles, at award. Section F-2 provided for

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