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B-415261,B-415261.2 1 (2017-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduch0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ....................................................................................................................... DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: FN America, LLC File: B-415261 ; B-415261.2 Date: December 12, 2017 Anthony H. Anikeeff, Esq., Marc J. Pollak, Esq., and William A. Wozniak, Esq., Williams Mullen, for the protester. Korvin S. Kraics, Esq., United States Marine Corps, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Sole-source award for a follow-on contract for highly specialized equipment is unobjectionable where the agency reasonably determined that award to any other source would likely cause substantial cost duplication, not expected to be recovered through competition, and unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency's requirements. 2. Proposed award of a sole-source contract for infantry rifles is unobjectionable where the agency reasonably determined that it needed to acquire the same model of rifle already in use for the purposes of standardization and safety, and the record reflects that the cost to replace the existing rifles would not be recovered if the agency were to change to a new model. DECISION Fabrique Nationale America, LLC, (FN), of Columbia, South Carolina, protests a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract to Heckler & Koch America (H&K), of Ashburn, Virginia, pursuant to Solicitation No. M67854-17-R-1248, issued by the United States Marine Corps for the purchase of M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles (IARs). The protester alleges that the justification and approval (J&A) supporting the notice of intent is flawed in several respects. We deny the protest.

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