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B-188404 1 (1978-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtrj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LE ' 1055 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 1 ut~NrTfP B-188404 The Honorable The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: Further reference is made to our decision in the matter of Switlik Parachute Conpany,_Inc., B-188404, July 20, 1977, 77-2 CPD 38, in which we recoymmended that contract 1o. DSA100-77-C-176 with Lite Indus- tries, Inc. (Lite) be terminated for the convenience of the Government. Our decision found the invitation for bids (IFS), under which award to Lite was made, to be defective for not clearly stating whether the procurement was limited to Qualified Products List I (QPL) items in accordance with the specifications or whether waiver of the QPL requirement was intended. By letter of September 7, 1977, the Defense Logistics Agency aqreed that the IFP was defective but declined to terminate the contract with Lite because of its belief that the nrocurement was urgent since failure to receive the garments in a timely fashion would seriously affect the Air Force's mission. By letter of Yovember 10, 1977, we indicated that any disagreement the Defense Logistics Agency may have had regarding our termination for convenience recommendation should have been handled by requesting reconsideration of. our decision shortly after our decision was issued. We also indicated our belief that the failure to promptly supply connectors to bite and the resultant delay in obtaining first article testing were inconsistent with the two urgency determinations (for awarding the contract while a protest was pending and for not terminating the contract as we had recom- mended) made by the Defense Logistics Agency. We also questioned the reasons given for continuing the contract with Lite rather than terminating as recomirmended and procuring from Kings Point, a proven QPL source for which .... .- .:.: ..: :<..,... .:..... . -.....: ! .> .[.:.>[: : }.: F.%:V.,...,.................................-............-.'.......-...

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