[Protest of Army Contract Award for Entrenching Tools]

A firm protested an Army contract award for entrenching tools, contending that the Army improperly selected the awardee, since the awardee's entrenching tool was not equal to its own in durability, as required by the solicitation. GAO held that the Army properly selected the awardee, since it appropriately conducted durability testing of the awardee's entrenching tool, which proved to be superior in quality than that of the protester. Accordingly, the protest was denied.