B-278319,B-278319.2: Jan 15, 1998

A firm protested an Army contract award for helmets with communication systems, contending that the: (1) method that the Army used to evaluate sound attenuation was not consistent with the purchase description and was unreasonable; (2) Army unreasonably evaluated the experience of the awardee's headset subcontractor, and placed too much significance on price in the downselection decision; and (3)...

B-278319,B-278319.2: Jan 15, 1998

Agency's testing and evaluation of helmet communications headsets for hearing protection is reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation where the agency conducted its tests in accordance with the testing standards prescribed in the solicitation. Agency's failure to reasonably evaluate one performance characteristic in downselecting among two contractors to supply helmets is not pr...