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B-199690.2 1 (1981-10-08)

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               FILE:      B-969.             ATE'
                          B-199690.2         A     October 8, 1981
               MAATTER OF:
                             Sparklet Devices, Inc.--Reconsideration


               DIGEST:

               1. Decision that Air Force specification's
                   0.75-pound cylinder weight limitation does
                   not unduly restrict competition, although
                   the Navy buys the protester's heavier
                   cylinder, is affirmed. The protester has
                   not shown that the weight restriction was
                   not reasonably related to the Air Force's
                   particular needs under operating procedures
                   and conditions different from those of
                   the Navy.

               2. Decision denying protest against solicitation
                   which deleted product qualification require-
                   ment allegedly violating Department of
                   Transportation regulations on hazardous
                   materials is affirmed. Where agency which
                   prepared the specification determined less
Irigorous tests would assure an acceptable
                   product and the solicitation stated product
                   qualification was not required, GAO will
                   not object to an agency's determination that
                   less restrictive specifications and tests
                   meet its minimum needs.

                   Sparklet Devices, Inc. (Sparklet), requests
               reconsideration of our decision in Sparklet Devices,
               Inc., 60 Comp. Gen.     (B-199690, June 4, 1981),
               81-1 CPD 446, denying the firm's protest against a
               contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
               to American Safety Flight Systems, Inc. (American),
               for aircraft survival kit inflation assemblies for
               the Department of the Air Force.
                    Sparklet's protest concerned the DLA invitation
               for bids (IFB) item description and specifications
               for carbon dioxide cylinders used to inflate the kit's
               life raft during pilot descent from the aircraft.

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