B-292827.2: Jan 30, 2004

USIA Underwater Equipment Sales Corporation protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. USZA22-03-R-0035, issued by the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, for maritime assault suit systems (MASS).We deny the protest...

B-292827.2: Jan 30, 2004

DIGEST Protester's proposal was properly rejected where its sample fabric failed a "pass/fail" test conducted by a certified and accredited laboratory. The RFP was to procure "[c]ommercial off the shelf [MASS. The technical evaluation was to done in two parts: (1) a preliminary laboratory evaluation and (2) a full technical proposal evaluation. That that preliminary evaluation was on a "pass/fail"...