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B-298761 1 (2006-12-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasrx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: BST Systems, Inc. File: B-298761; B-298761.2 Date: December 1, 2006 Brian A. Darst, Esq., for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter, for Yardney Technical Products, the intervenor. Emilia Muche Thompson, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging evaluation of protester's past performance in procurement for battery cells is denied where record establishes that evaluation was reasonable and in accord with stated evaluation criteria; reports of electrolyte leaking from protester's battery cells furnished under prior contracts for the cells being procured warranted assigning protester less favorable rating than awardee, for which there were no reports of leakage. DECISION BST Systems, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Yardney Technical Products under Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, Request for Proposals (RFP) No. N66604-06-R-0016, for silver-zinc battery cells for the MK30 Mod 1 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) target. BST challenges the evaluation of past performance. We deny the protest. The solicitation contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to furnish a basic quantity of 4,600 to 4,800 silver-zinc battery cells to be shipped dry and electrolyte fill kits to activate the batteries, with 12 options for various quantities (with a maximum of 8,000 production cells and fill kits per year) over 4 years. The MK30 Mod I target is a torpedo-shaped vehicle, 20 feet long and weighing 2,700 pounds, which simulates a threat from a submarine in acoustic and magnetic characteristics and dynamic manuevers. Energy for the propulsion and payload systems of the target is furnished by 168 individual silver-zinc battery cells arranged in eight trays and installed in the

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