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U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
GAO Protective Order. No party requested redactions;
D eCIsio we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety.
Matter of: String King Lacrosse, LLC
File: B-422646.2; B-422646.3
Date: November 13, 2024
Eric S. Crusius, Esq., Tanner N. Slaughter, Esq., and John McAdams, Esq., Holland &
Knight LLP, for the protester.
Wade L. Brown, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Todd C. Culliton, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that agency misevaluated protester's bid samples as defective and therefore
found the bid nonresponsive is denied where the record demonstrates that the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION
String King Lacrosse, LLC, of Gardena, California, a small business, protests the award
of two indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts to Heartland
Manufacturing, Inc., of Brentwood, New York, and Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., of
Virginia Beach, Virginia, both small businesses, under invitation for bids (IFB)
No. W91 1QY24B0001. The IFB was issued by the Department of the Army, Army
Materiel Command, to fulfill orders for an estimated quantity of 194,000 units of the
Army's cold weather glove system. The protester contends that the Army misevaluated
the firm's bid samples as unacceptable and improperly rejected its bid.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The Army issued the IFB on March 5, 2024, seeking bids for up to two IDIQ contracts to
fill orders for the glove systems for a base year and four option years. The cold weather
glove system is a [g]overnment-designed, integrated set of handwear designed to
provide protection against cold and extreme cold temperatures, including wet cold, dry
cold, and high winds, while maintaining maximum possible dexterity and tactility.
Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, IFB at 2. The IFB sought bids for orders of four individual](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaorcc0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)