[Protest of Air Force Contract Award for Aircraft Generator Test Stands]

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for aircraft generator test stands, contending that the awardee's offered test stand was not a nondevelopmental item (NDI), as required by the solicitation, and was improperly evaluated as technically acceptable. GAO held that the solicitation was issued under commercial item procedures seeking a commercial NDI, and the awardee's proposed test stand existed as a commercial item needing only minor modifications to be acceptable. Accordingly, the protest was denied.