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B-194445.4 1 (1981-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjgj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-194445.4 March 27, 1981 The Honorable Louis F. Oberdorfer United States District Judge The United States District Court for the District of Columbia Dear Judge Oberdorfer: We refer to your order issued August 15, 1980 direct- ing the Deparment of the Navy to request our further opinion in connection with Aero Corporation v. Department of the Navy and to your order of February 26, 1981. Your later order, recognizing that some issues raised areo t yet ripe for review, seeks our opinion on those issus which are amenable to being decided and asks that we advise the court as to when a decision regarding the remaining issues might be expected. The questions asked are ripe for review insofar as they relate to the EC-130G/Q TACAMO aircraft. No determination has yet been made by the Navy concerning SLEP for the remaining KC-130F and C-130 aircraft, since its review of the work required to perform SLEP on them is incomplete. A decision regarding those aircraft would be premature. We are addressing the questions submitted regarding the TACAMO aircraft on an expedited basis. We regret that it was not possible to meet your March 20 target date. Question 1-B of your February 1981 order raises the following question: If there is no rational basis for the sole- source award of some aircraft that have already been awarded to Lockheed, is it legally and practically feasible for the Navy to terminate that contract with Lockheed for those aircraft? The enclosed decision addresses this question with respect to the KC-130F option quantity. On the record before us there is no legal or practical impediment to contract termi- nation for aircraft awarded arbitrarily on a sole source basis.

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