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B-311391 1 (2008-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawal0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Eomax Corporation File: B-311391 Date: June 23, 2008 Ken Smart for the protester. James H. Roberts, III, Esq., Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC, for Maxa Beam Searchlights, an intervenor. Capt. R inah R. Shah, Department of the Army, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Evaluation of protester's technical proposal and award decision were unobjectionable where agency reasonably found weaknesses associated with firm's proposed search cameras based on inability to easily switch between sensor modes, size of the camera, proposed warranty, and higher price, that rendered its proposal other than the best value. DECISION Eomax Corporation protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract to Maxa Beam Searchlights, Inc. d/b/a MaxaVision Technologies, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9124Q-08-D-0808, for search cameras to be included in the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP). Eomax challenges the agency's technical evaluation and resulting source selection. We deny the protest. The CEDAP program helps meet the equipment and training needs of smaller jurisdictions and communities by providing equipment to assist emergency responders in improving their capabilities in the areas of prevention and detection, regional response and mutual aid, and interoperable communications. The RFP sought ruggedized, handheld, search camera kits. Each ultra-light camera was to have a telescoping pole and remotely articulated arm to determine the extent of fire and smoke from difficult or impossible to reach areas (such as ceiling voids) without the initial need for ladders. RFP at 2. The RFP, issued as a total small

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