United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-02-12 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-270111.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2 P0b002ee18fd4cd23 f:2701112 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2 B-270111.2 Comptroller General Decision

The Army properly restricted urgent procurement for large quantities of batteries to power various types of portable communications-electronics equipment essential to accomplishing the Army's battlefield mission to the only two manufacturers that had supplied the batteries to the Army under previous contracts, where: (1) the Army reasonably believed those offerors were the only manufacturers that would have a high probability of delivering quality batteries in a timely manner; and (2) the protester, which was excluded from the competition, had never manufactured the batteries for the Army and had only supplied relatively small quantities of the batteries to the Government of Canada. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2.pdf GAO/B-270111.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270111-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-270111.2; BlueStar Battery Systems Corporation; Title 10 Section 2304(c)(2) Title 10 Section 2304(e) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2) 10 U.S.C. 2304(e)