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B-271835 1 (1996-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaegk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: OPS, Inc. File: B-271835 Date: July 31, 1996 Phil Seberger, Jr., for the protester. Susan Spiegelman-Boyd, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency did not permit sufficient time for offerors to submit product samples is denied where the agency permitted more than the statutorily required 30 days, adequate competition was expected, there is no indication that the agency deliberately attempted to exclude the protester from the procurement and, as the result of a pre-solicitation notice published in the Commerce Business Daily, the protester was made aware of the general requirement more than 4 months before the sample was due. 2. The General Accounting Office generally will not consider a protest that an agency should use more restrictive specifications to meet its minimum needs. 3. Protest that sound reduction requirement for suppressor improperly penalizes offerors with state-of-the-art design is denied where the requirement reasonably specifies the agency's minimum needs and the protester's objection is based on an inaccurate technical premise. DECISION OPS, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00164-96-R-0023, issued by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (Crane) for suppressors for the M4A1 Carbine.1 1The M4A1 Carbine is a weapon used by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). In an effort to upgrade the Carbine, the agency has issued a series of procurements of commercial items to improve the Carbine's performance. The procurements are for components which will be integrated into an accessory kit for the M4A1 and will allow the Carbine to be tailored to various mission scenarios. 504731

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