B-283943: Jan 27, 2000

Which protester alleges will fail in extremely cold temperatures. The entrenching tool is a light-weight. The protester contends that Fiskars' entrenching tool is not equal to its own in durability. The engineers were able to determine that newer commercial variants were available. They were unable to determine whether the commercial variants represented a significant improvement over the currentl...

B-283943: Jan 27, 2000

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...