Martin Electronics, Inc. (MEI) requests that our Office recommend that it be reimbursed the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging awards made to Pyrotechnic Specialties, Inc. (PSI) and Valentec Systems, Inc., by the U.S. Army Operations Support Command (OSC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAAA09-02-R-0078 for M583A1 White Star Parachute 40mm cartridges. After recei...

In the face of a clearly meritorious protest that the agency's selection of one awardee was unreasonable and unsupported and that the agency's evaluation of another awardee's proposal was inconsistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. The cartridge is an illuminating 40mm round which is shoulder-fired from grenade launchers and used for training and combat to illuminate the battl...