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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON D.C. 20548
B-200260.4 June 9, 1981
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The Honorable Lawton Chiles
United States Senate
Dear Senator Chiles:
We refer to your recent letter on behalf of ACR Elec-
tronics, Inc. of Hollywood, Florida, regarding a Depart-
ment of therAir Force contract for battery operated radio
beacons]. A $1,618,487.75 contract for the radio beacons
had been awarded to Quadratec Electronics Inc., Altamonte
Springs, Florida. The procurement was set aside for exclu-
sive small business participation.
On February 9, 1981, we sustained a protest against
the award which had been filed by Mil-Tech Systems Corp.
and ACR Electronics because Quadratec had been found to
be a large business by the Small Business Administration
in light of the affiliation of one of its officers with
a large business concern. In that decision, we recom-
mended that the contract with Quadratec be terminated. On
April 15, 1981 we sustained our original decision upon
reconsideration (filed by Quadratec) notwithstanding a
pending appeal before the SBA requesting reconsideration
of that agency's decision that Quadratec was a large
business.
Your letter expresses concern over the Air Force's
advice to this Office that it did not intend to terminate
the Quadratec contract as we had recommended because of
the agency's finding that it would not be in the best
interest of the Government to do so. As a result, you
have requested that we take exception to the Air Force's
expenditure of funds in connection with the Quadratec con-
tract. At this point, however, we believe that the Air
Force has advanced reasonable justification for its deter-
mination to continue whith the Quadratec contract and
that the action you request therefore is not warranted.
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