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B-415240 1 (2017-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadugi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Complete Parachute Solutions, Inc. File: B-415240 Date: December 15, 2017 William M. Jack, Esq., and Amba M. Datta, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP; and Robert L. Feldman, Esq., Law Offices of Robert L. Feldman, for the protester. Korvin S. Kraics, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's incorporation of certain technical standards into solicitation's specifications is denied where record shows that agency's use of those standards is reasonable and logically related to the agency's requirements. DECISION Complete Parachute Solutions, Inc., (CPS) of Deland, Florida, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. M67854-17-R-1 200, issued by the United States Marine Corps for parachutes. CPS argues that the solicitation includes requirements that prevent it from intelligently preparing a proposal and competing on an equal basis. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Marines currently have fielded what is known as the multi-mission parachute system (MMPS) which is a service-specific parachute system manufactured by CPS. The MMPS is nearing the end of its lifecycle, and the agency is seeking a replacement for it in this acquisition. The replacement system is known as the enhanced multi- mission parachute system (E-MMPS). Among other things, the solicitation includes a performance specification (PSPEC) for the parachute system being acquired. Agency Report (AR) exh. 24, E-MMPS PSPEC. CPS's protest concerns the terms of that specification. In promulgating that PSPEC, the agency incorporated certain terms of another document known as the Parachute

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