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B-299918 1 (2007-10-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauhh0001 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: Nautical Control Solutions, LP File: B-299918 Date: October 1, 2007 Dayle C. Pugh, Esq., and Kyle A. Spelman, Esq., Bateman Pugh LLP, for the protester. Andrew Saunders, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging procuring agency's decision not to fund proposal under phase I of the Department of Defense, Small Business Innovation Research Program is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated the proposal. DECISION Nautical Control Solutions, LP protests the decision of the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, not to fund Nautical's phase I proposal under Department of Defense (DOD), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program solicitation No. FY07.1.' We deny the protest. The solicitation included Navy Topic N07-060, Shipboard Energy Conservation and Fuel Management Decision Tools. The objective of this topic was to 1 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. Under the program, 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 phase II award to further develop the concept. After the completion of phase II, firms are expected to obtain funding from the private sector and/or non-SBIR government sources to develop the concept into a product for sale in private sector and/or military markets. This protest involves the award of Phase I contracts.

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