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B-294027 1 (2004-06-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapnb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: U S Positioning Group, LLC File: B-294027 Date: June 21, 2004 Steven M. Shope, Ph.D., for the protester. Maj. Christina M. Slicker and Eric Kattner, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In procurement under Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program, protest that agency's source selection was improperly based on awardee's proposal to deliver prototype is denied where agency's consideration of this factor was in accordance with solicitation's stated expectation of deliverable prototype. DECISION U S Positioning Group, LLC (USPG) protests the Department of the Air Force's determination to award phase II funding to JXT Applications, Inc. (JXT), and not to USPG, for work on command and control interfaces under the Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. USPG alleges that the Air Force improperly considered JXT's proposal to furnish a prototype as a deliverable in making its selection decision. We deny the protest. The SBIR program is conducted pursuant to the Small Business Innovation Development Act, 15 U.S.C. § 638 (2000), which requires certain federal agencies to reserve a portion of their research and development funds for awards to small businesses. As part of its SBIR program, DOD issues an SBIR solicitation twice a year listing the research topics for which it will consider SBIR program admission. Firms first apply for a 6-month phase I award to test the scientific, technical, and commercial merit and feasibility of a certain concept. If phase I is successful, the firm may be invited to apply for a 2-year phase II award to further develop the concept. After the completion of phase II, firms are expected to obtain funding from

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