B-279251.2,B-279251.3: Jun 1, 1998

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for small shelter/environmental control units (SS/ECU), contending that the Air Force: (1) improperly evaluated its SS/ECU; and (2) should have communicated with it concerning certain failures of its equipment during government testing. GAO held that: (1) the Air Force reasonably evaluated the protester's bid as unacceptable, since the proposed equipmen...

B-279251.2,B-279251.3: Jun 1, 1998

DIGEST Selection of higher-priced proposal for small shelter/environmental control units was reasonable where testing of the protester's proposed equipment showed that the equipment did not meet a number of mandatory specifications. Exploration argues that its SS/ECU was not properly evaluated and that the Air Force should have communicated with the firm concerning certain failures of its equipmen...