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B-405450 1 (2011-10-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadojd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G ~G A 0 Comptroller General .,u n Accountablity * 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 i s i o n ...................................................................................................................... Matter of: ArmorWorks Enterprises LLC File: B-405450 Date: October 28, 2011 Christopher R. Yukins, Esq., and Avi M. Baldinger, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester. Joseph R. Weidenburner, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest arguing that agency improperly rejected proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where the protester's challenge is based on an unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation's requirements. DECISION ArmorWorks Enterprises LLC, of Chandler, Arizona, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPMIC1-10-R-0151, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts (ESAPI). The protester contends that the agency unreasonably determined that it had failed to submit required ballistic tests results. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, which was issued on January 14, 2011, contemplates the award of three 3-year (a base plus two option years) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for ESAPIs, which are plates that are inserted into an outer tactical vest as part of a body armor system. The first contract is for 50 percent of the total estimated

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