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B-193511 1 (1978-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgth0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-193511 MATTER OF: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL C. .. OF THE UNITED STATES WAS SH IN GTON. O.C. 20548 DATE: December 29, 1978 Challenge Equirment Corporation DIGEST: Agency decision to approve item to be furnished under prime contract is mat- ter of contract administrationjwhich is responsibility of procuring activity and is not reviewed by GAO under Bid Protest Procedures. Fact that approval results in subcontract award does not convert matter into one reviewed by GAO since challenges to subcontract awards are considered only in circumstances not present here. Challenge Equipment Corporation (Challenge) protests the approval by the General Services Administration (GSA) of certain dock pads to be furnished under contract No. GS-09B-C-90060-SF. Challenges asserts that the approved item does not meet specification requirements. The items approved by GSA are being furnished by Chalfant Sewing Fabricators, Inc. as a supplier to GSA's prime contractor. Challenge maintains that the Chalfant product is not equal to the brand name product specified in the prime contract, and that GSA improperly approved its use under the contract. The question raised by the protester involves a mat- ter of contract administration which is the function and responsibility of the contracting agency. Masoneilan Regulator Company, B-188980, February 24, 1978, 78-1 CPD 154. Matters of contract administration are not for resolution under our Bid Protest Procedures which are reserved for considering whether an award, or pro- posed award, of a contract complies with statutory, regulatory and other legal requirements. See Inter- Alloys Corporation, B-182890, February 4, 1975, 75-1 CPD 79. A~-~ ~

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