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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
Decision
Matter of: Phoenics Corporation
File: B-414995
Date: October 27, 2017
Alfred Firmani, for the protester.
Jackie Schaefer for RJS Guam, LLC, the intervenor.
John V.R. Aguon, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's determination that protester's quotation was
technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was
reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Phoenics Corporation, a small business located in Washington, D.C., protests the
rejection of its quotation under request for quotations (RFQ) No. N40192-17-Q-7029,
issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Marianas, for a ground penetrating radar (GPR) unit. The protester contends that the
Navy improperly determined that Phoenics' proposed GPR unit did not meet the
solicitation's salient characteristics.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFQ, which was set aside for small businesses, was issued as a commercial item
acquisition under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6 and part 13 to
procure, on a brand name or equal basis, a GPR unit for Andersen Air Force Base
(AFB), Guam. Agency Report (AR), Tab 8, RFQ, at 1-2; app. 1, Specifications, at 1-2.
The solicitation identified three manufacturers' models as brand name equipment and
listed several salient characteristics that had to be satisfied by any other GPR offered as
equal to the brand name models. Id. As relevant here, the specifications state that the
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