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



          Decision


          Matter of: Advanced Photon Applications, LLC

          File:        B-409860

          Date:       August 26, 2014

          James Harder, for the protester.
          Wade L. Brown, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
          Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protester's challenge to agency's decision not to fund protester's proposal under
          Phase I of a solicitation issued pursuant to the Department of Defense Small
          Business Innovation Research program is denied where protester's proposal was
          reasonably found to have weaknesses that resulted in it being ranked 18th of the
          23 proposals received.
          DECISION

          Advanced Photon Applications, LLC (APA), of Bedford, Texas, protests the
          Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command's, failure to award it Phase I
          research funds under Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation
          Research (SBIR) program solicitation FY 14.1, Army Topic No. A14-008, Wide Field
          of View Primary Optic for Semi-Active Laser Sensor. APA challenges the agency
          determination that its proposal did not meet the program requirements.

          We deny the protest.

          The SBIR program is conducted pursuant to the Small Business Innovation
          Development Act, 15 U.S.C. § 638 (2011), 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 listing
          the research topics for which it will consider SBIR proposals.

          Under Phase I small businesses are invited to test the scientific, technical, and
          commercial merit and feasibility of a certain concept. If Phase I is successful, the
          firm may apply for a Phase II award to further develop the concept. During

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