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B-403155 1 (2010-09-24)

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          G     A   O                                                   Comptroller General
fi.7!7  Accountabiity * Integrity * Reliability                         of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548

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           Decision


           Matter of:  Standard Heater Tube, Inc.

           File:       B-403155

           Date:       September  24, 2010

           David Morris for the protester.
           Maj. Theodore T. Richard, and Maj. Elizabeth M.D. Pullin, Department of the Air
           Force, for the agency.
           Frank Maguire, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
           participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           1. Protest that brand name or equal requirement in solicitation for heater tubes--
           used for aviation fuel testing--was overly restrictive is denied where record shows
           brand name or equal product was needed to ensure uniformity of heating tubes,
           which was necessary for valid testing results.

           2. Protest challenging as overly restrictive solicitation requirement that heater tubes
           be tested under protocol established by national testing organization is denied where
           testing is required by military specifications and protester fails to establish that
           testing is not necessary to meet agency's needs.
           DECISION

           Standard Heater Tube, Inc., of Boerne, Texas, protests the terms of request for
           quotations (RFQ) No. FA8601-10-Q-POO1, issued by the Department of the Air Force
           for heater tubes and associated filter kits.' Standard asserts that the RFQ is
           unnecessarily restrictive in that it requires a brand name or equal product and
           requires that quoted equal products be tested for suitability under specifically
           defined procedures.


           1 The heater tubes are used in testing aviation fuel for thermal stability using the Jet
           Fuel Thermal Oxidation Tester (JFTOT), which subjects the test fuel to conditions
           that can be related to those occurring in gas turbine engine fuel systems.
           Contracting Officer's (CO) Statement at 2-3.

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