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B-311452 1 (2008-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadamu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General L LA Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Hydro Fitting Manufacturing Corporation File: B-311452 Date: July 8, 2008 Susan J. Buchanan, Hydro Fitting Manufacturing Corporation, for the protester. Edward C. Hintz, Esq., and Michael L. Walters, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly determined that protester is not a qualified source to provide valve stem assemblies, a critical safety item, where protester has been provided an opportunity to comply with qualification requirements but has declined to do so. DECISION Hydro Fitting Manufacturing Corporation (HFMC) protests the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) failure to list HFMC as a qualified source with regard to request for quotations (RFQ) No. T-2016 to purchase a quantity of valve stem assemblies, national stock number (NSN) 2640-01-419-6205 (hereinafter referred to as NSN-6205). We deny the protest. In March 2008, the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC), a field activity of DLA, issued RFQ-T-2016, seeking quotations to provide 3,000 valve stem assemblies, NSN-6205. The assemblies are used on the high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) and are considered critical safety items because failure could lead to underinflation of the HMMWV's tires, resulting in vehicle instability and potentially causing death or serious bodily injury. Agency Report (AR), Contracting Officer's Statement, at 1. Accordingly, only sources that have obtained source approval are considered eligible to provide the valve stem assemblies. HFMC asserts that it should be listed as a qualified source for this procurement based on testing it completed in 2006 with regard to one component of the

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