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B-405409 1 (2011-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadohg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L G A 0 Comptroller General .in 7Accountabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: RMI File: B-405409 Date: October 20, 2011 Mark S. Jewson for the protester. Michael P. Chiffolo, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly approved the protester as an authorized dealer/distributor rather than as a manufacturer of a critical application item that requires source approval fails to state a valid basis for protest where the protester is qualified to compete for contract award. DECISION RMI, of Stafford Springs, Connecticut, protests its status as an approved dealer/distributor with respect to request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPM4A7-11-Q-9115 issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for a compressor shroud segment for the F-108 engine. RMI complains that it should be approved as a manufacturer of the shroud segment. We dismiss the protest as failing to state a valid basis of protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on July 20, 2011, seeks F-108 engine shroud segments, national stock number (NSN) 2840-01-263-3318. Offerors were advised that the engine shroud segment is a critical application item which requires source approval.' In this 'The RFQ and other documents provided by DLA variously indicate--often in the same document--that the engine shroud segment is a critical safety item and a critical application item. In a telephone hearing conducted by our Office, one of the engineers responsible for approving sources confirmed that the part is a critical (continued...)

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