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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
approved for public release.
Decision
Matter of: TMC Design Corporation
File: B-296194.3
Date: August 10, 2005
Robert H. Koehler, Esq., Patton Boggs LLP, for the protester.
Capt. Victor G. Vogel, U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the agency.
Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency properly excluded protester's proposal from the competitive range before
field testing protester's hardware system samples where agency reasonably
concluded that protester's written proposal contained weaknesses and deficiencies
that could not be overcome through performance in field testing, and which
rendered the proposal technically unacceptable.
DECISION
TMC Design Corporation protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive
range prior to field testing of its hardware samples under request for proposals
(RFP) No. W15P7T-05-S502, issued by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics
Life Cycle Management Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, for a Counter
Remote Control Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW)
System.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The solicitation seeks to acquire a next-generation CREW system, to be used to
prevent and defeat improvised explosive device ambushes [redacted]. The goal is to
improve on the capabilities of the currently-fielded CREW system by providing for
simultaneous coverage against all RCIED threats at increased ranges, broader
frequency coverage extendable to higher frequencies, ease of programmability,
reduced size, weight, and power, and built-in capacity for future growth.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaqwn0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)