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 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1999-06-24 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-282295 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282295 P0b002ee18fd4a02d f:282295 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-282295 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-282295 B-282295 Comptroller General Decision 1. Contracting agency reasonably considered the awardee an approved source for a solicited helicopter part, notwithstanding that the awardee was not listed in the solicitation as an approved source, where the helicopter's prime manufacturer had approved the awardee's predecessor as a source for the part 20 years ago; the awardee or its predecessors had since continually manufactured the solicited item for the prime manufacturer and other approved sources of the part; and the approved source that currently owns the drawings to the part authorized the awardee to submit an offer directly in response to the solicitation and addressed the agency's concerns about the qualification of the awardee. 2. Contracting agency was not required to reevaluate the qualification of the awardee, or retest its part, where, in substituting the awardee for another approved source, there was no change of location or ownership of the plant where the part which met the qualification requirement was manufactured, or change in location or ownership of a previously qualified manufacturer or source. Even if the agency had conducted a reevaluation of the qualification of the awardee's predecessors following earlier ownership changes and relocation of the awardee's manufacturing facility, the protester has not shown why removal of the awardee or its predecessors from the approved source list was warranted or that retesting of the awardee's part was required. 3. Protest allegation that the awardee's part does not comply with the specification, based on the protester's prior repairs to the awardee's part, is denied where the contracting agency has previously found that the awardee's part meets the specification; the awardee's first article test results submitted with its offer demonstrate compliance with the specification; and there is no evidence that the contracting agency has relaxed the specification for the awardee. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282295/html/GAOREPORTS-B-282295.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282295/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-282295.pdf GAO/B-282295 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282295 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-282295; Lavi Systems, Inc., B-282295, June 24, 1999;