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B-402339.3 1 (2010-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbkx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL .L A - G A O Comptroller General fuu 7in LAccountabiity * 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. D e c is io n ........................................................... Matter of: Sig Sauer, Inc. File: B-402339.3 Date: July 23, 2010 Lee P. Curtis, Esq., Troy E. Hughes, Esq., and Maggie L.C. Greenlee, Esq., Perkins Coie LLP, for the protester. Dorn C. McGrath III, Esq., and William M. Jack, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for Smith & Wesson Corp., and John F. Renzulli, Esq., and Michael R. Patrick, Esq., Renzulli Law Firm, LLP, for Glock, Inc., the intervenors. Ralph G. Bittelari, Esq., and Nathan E. Mires, Esq., Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a negotiated procurement for a handgun system that provided for a three-phased evaluation, the rejection of the protester's proposal after phase II was unobjectionable where the agency reasonably assessed the protester's handgun to be unsatisfactory following live-fire testing and did not treat offerors unequally in conducting the testing. DECISION Sig Sauer, Inc., of Exeter, New Hampshire, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. DJAO9SO00028, issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), for semi-automatic handguns. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND ATF, a principal law enforcement agency within the Department of Justice, seeks to replace its current metal-frame handguns with a new .40 caliber, polymer-frame

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