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B-299469 1 (2007-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauew0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Knight's Armament Company File: B-299469 Date: April 7, 2007 David A. Lutz for the protester. Daniel Pantzer, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's decision to cancel solicitation after receipt and evaluation of proposals was unobjectionable where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that none of the offered products met the solicitation's requirements, and that the stated requirements do not adequately reflect the agency's needs. DECISION Knight's Armament Company (KAC) protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. W15QKN-06-R-0485, issued by the Department of the Army for M4 Carbine and M16A2/4 rifle suppressors. The agency canceled the solicitation based on a determination that no technically acceptable proposals were received and that significant revisions to the solicitation were needed. The protester maintains that the decision to cancel the solicitation lacks a reasonable basis. We deny the protest. The solicited suppressors for the M4 Carbine and M16A2/4 rifles will be used by infantry units to reduce each weapon's baseline muzzle sound, flash, and blast signature. The agency states by reducing noise volume these suppressors mitigate safety hazards, such as the risk of hearing loss, and improve the soldier's command and control of the weapon. The suppressors also promote survivability of soldiers by sufficiently reducing muzzle blast and flash so that the soldier's location remains undetectable to hostile forces. RFP at 4. The RFP, issued on March 7, 2006, sought fixed-priced proposals to furnish a base requirement of 50 suppressors meeting the specifications identified in the

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