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B-292204 1 (2003-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyje0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im G A 0Comptroller General . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Lyntronics Inc. File: B-292204 Date: July 22, 2003 Anthony Vigliotti for the protester. Maj. Edward E. Beauchamp and John J. Reynolds, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly modified incumbent's contract to increase number of required batteries, instead of conducting competitive procurement, where agency reasonably determined that any firm other than incumbent would require testing that would result in unacceptable delay in deliveries. DECISION Lyntronics Inc. protests the decision of the Department of the Army, Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), to modify Mathews Associates, Inc.'s (MAI) contract No. DAABO7-98-D-R311, to increase the ceiling quantity of BA-5347/U lithium manganese dioxide batteries that can be ordered under the contract. Lyntronics argues that CECOM unreasonably determined that Lyntronics is not capable of meeting the agency's needs. We deny the protest. The BA-5347/U battery is the only non-rechargeable power source authorized for use in the Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS).' After a formal best value source selection in 'The TWS is a scope that mounts onto firearms such as the M16 and M4 rifles. It provides the soldier with a thermal image of the enemy, giving the soldier the ability to view the enemy in conditions such as darkness, smoke, foliage or fog. The battery is housed inside the TWS.

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