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A         G    A    O                                                 Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                       of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of. Quimba Software

          File:        B-299000

          Date:        January 18, 2007

          Robert Dourandish for the protester.
          Vera Meza, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
          Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposals under Small Business Innovation
          Research program on basis of undisclosed evaluation factors is denied where record
          shows that evaluation was consistent with and encompassed by the solicitation
          evaluation criteria.
          DECISION

          Quimba Software protests the Department of the Army's determination not to fund
          its phase I proposal under Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation
          Research (SBIR) program solicitation No. 2006.2. Quimba alleges that the Army
          failed to evaluate proposals and make award in accordance with the solicitation's
          stated evaluation factors.

          We deny the protest.

          The SBIR program is conducted pursuant to the Small Business Innovation
          Development Act, 15 U.S.C. § 638 (2000), which requires certain federal agencies to
          reserve a portion of their research and development funds for awards to small
          businesses. As part of its SBIR program, DOD issues an SBIR solicitation twice a
          year listing the research topics for which it will consider SBIR program admission.
          Firms first apply for a 6-month phase I award to test the scientific, technical, and
          commercial merit and feasibility of a certain concept. If the firm's phase I
          performance is deemed successful, it may be invited to apply for a 2-year phase II
          award to further develop the concept. After the completion of phase II, firms are
          expected to obtain funding from the private sector and/or non-SBIR government
          sources to develop the concept into a product for sale in private sector and/or

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