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B-294638 1 (2004-11-29)

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          Decision


          Matter of: Kenwood USA Corporation

          File:       B-294638; B-294638.2; B-294638.3

          Date:       November 29, 2004

          Joseph J. Summerill IV, Esq., and Franci Gardner, Esq., Barnes & Thornburg, for the
          protester.
          Maj. Frank A. March, Department of the Army, 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

          Protest that specifications for radios for use by Iraqi Police Service are unduly
          restrictive is denied where specifications are based on technical capabilities of
          various vendors, and protester fails to establish either that it is incapable of meeting
          specifications or is otherwise competitively harmed by them.
          DECISION

          Kenwood USA Corporation protests the specifications in request for proposals
          (RFP) No. W914NS-04-R-9040, issued by the Department of the Army for portable
          and mobile radios and base stations for use by the Iraqi Police Service (IPS).
          Kenwood asserts that the specifications mimic Motorola brand radios and exceed
          the agency's minimum needs.

          We deny the protest.

          The RFP was issued for the procurement of encrypted communications equipment--
          portable, mobile, and base station radios, UHF repeater, and accessories--for use in
          Iraq. There are 79 principal jurisdictions in Iraq requiring radios for the IPS.
          Previous solicitations provided radios for 32 of these jurisdictions; the current RFP
          is intended to field the remaining 47 with a higher capability radio that will better fill
          the current and future requirements for the Iraqi Security Forces. Initially, the RFP
          specified Motorola brand radios with an encryption board identified as Motorola part

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