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B-192031 1 (1978-07-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgfm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: rHE COMPTROLLUR GENERAL DECIBION .OP Tms UNIED *TATEU */WASHINGTON, D.C. R0541 FILE: 9-192031 DATE: July 19, 1978 AATTER OF: Virginia-Maryland Associates, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Allegation that awardee is not capable of supply- ing products meeting MIL. SPEC. is not-for consideration, since GAO no longer reviews affirmative determinations of responsibility unless there is showing of fraud or mis- application of definitive responsibility criteria. 2. Whether products supplied actually complied with MIL..SPEC. and, if they did not, whether they should be rejected and contracts terminated are matters of contract administration which is responsibility of procuring actiiity, not GAO. Virginia-Mary'land Associatas, Inc. (VMA), states that, under twi pzevious contracts with the General Services Administration (GSA), G.P.C. Manufacturing Co. (GFC) failed tc supply products meeting MIL. SPEC. MIL-L 28583(YD). This, VMA contends, proves that GPC is not capable of supplying compliant produc-. r Accordin-to VMA, GSA accepted GFC's noncompliant products instead of rejecting the items as regunrid by the Federal Procurer-nt Regulations; e.nd in spite of GFC's failure to supply satisfactory products, GSA still considers GFC to be a qualified prospective contractor, which Is unfair to other bidders. With regard to the procurement of products meeting MIL. SPEC./MIL-L 28583(YD), such as invitation for bids FEHP-P4-5062-A-5*25-78, VMA tequests that GFC be found nonresponsible. Morecver, its previous contracts should be canceled, and its products should be rejected. Compliant products should be reptocured from other qualified bidders, .L.-

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