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B-298889 1 (2006-12-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptassn0001 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: U.S. Dynamics Corporation File: B-298889 Date: December 19, 2006 Henry L. Goldberg, Esq., Norman Steiger, Esq., and Brian P. Craig, Esq., Goldberg & Connolly, for the protester. Robert G. Fryling, Esq., and Brian S. Gocial, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for U.S. Technologies, Inc., an intervenor. Gary R. Allen, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's price proposal is denied where the record supports the agency's determination that awardee's prices were fair and reasonable. DECISION U.S. Dynamics Corporation (USDC) protests the Department of the Air Force's award of a contract to U.S. Technologies, Inc. (USTI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8217-06-R-76466 for a quantity of exciter radios, a part used in radar transmitters. USDC contends that the agency improperly evaluated the awardee's price proposal and, thus, made a flawed award decision. We deny the protest. The RFP, as amended, provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for the exciter radios, and the competition was limited to qualified sources known to have the required experience and capability. RFP amend. 3, at 3. Offerors were advised that the agency would utilize the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable source selection procedure to arrive at a best value award decision by obtaining the lowest evaluated price. RFP amend. 2, add., § M-900(a). The application of this technique involved determining the acceptability of each offeror's proposal by ascertaining whether the offeror has been notified by the government that they are

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