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 2001-09-21 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:B-288107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-288107 P0b002ee18fd4d0c7 f:288107 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-288107 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-288107 B-288107 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest of an agency's justification for a noncompetitive procurement on the basis of unusual and compelling urgency is sustained, where the agency sought to buy enough engine electrical start systems to replace an earlier, vehicle control unit system that could no longer be used due to safety considerations and the agency did not know, and made no reasonable effort to discover, how many vehicle control units would have to be replaced. 2. An agency failed to conduct reasonable advanced procurement planning, where, despite knowing of safety concerns with a vehicle control system that would have to be replaced, the agency took nearly 2 years to draft performance specifications that it intended to use to conduct a competitive procurement. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-288107/html/GAOREPORTS-B-288107.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-288107/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-288107.pdf GAO/B-288107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-288107 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-288107; Signals & Systems, Incorporated, B-288107, September 21, 2001;