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B-310582 1 (2008-01-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavxg0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: IMLCORP LLC; Wattre Corporation File: B-310582; B-310582.2; B-310582.3; B-310582.4; B-310582.5 Date: January 9, 2008 John H. Home, Esq., Carl A. Gebo, Esq., and Vickie S. Carlton, Esq., Powell Goldstein LLP, for IMLCORP LLC; and A.J. Ballard for Wattre Corporation, the protesters. Angela J. Cosentino, Esq., and Marvin D. Rampey, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests challenging the testing methodology employed by an agency in product sample testing is denied, where the solicitation did not specify a particular testing methodology and the protesters have failed to show that the agency's test was an unreasonable method of assessing how well the firms' products would meet the agency's needs. DECISION IMLCORP LLC and Wattre Corporation protest the award of a contract to American Technology Corporation (ATC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00164--07-R- 8555, issued by the Department of the Navy, for acoustic hailing devices. We deny the protests. The RFP was issued as a commercial item acquisition in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation part 12.6, and provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for acoustic hailing device systems. This device is a rugged and lightweight loudspeaker system with very high directivity that is intended for long-range hailing and warning and will be used on Navy vessels to warn other vessels that they are entering the Navy's 500-yard exclusion zone. RFP, Performance Specification, at 3. Operational and reliability requirements were identified in the performance specification, including that the acoustic hailing device must have 100% voice

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