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B-261968 1 (1995-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptacdn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation File: B-261968 Date: November 16, 1995 Bruce R. DeYoung, Esq., for the protester. Albert C. Ruehmann III, Esq., for BF Goodrich Aerospace, an interested party. Richard P. Castiglia, Jr., Esq., and Curtis Elton, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., John Van Schaik, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency denied protester reasonable opportunity to compete because the time allowed to qualify its wheel and brake assembly was insufficient is denied where the record establishes that the protester had as much time as its competitor to qualify its assembly prior to the issuance of the instant solicitation and the agency reasonably determined that it could not delay the procurement until the protester obtained source approval. DECISION Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation (ABSC) protests any award under request for proposals (RFP) No. F42630-95-R-22041, issued by the Department of the Air Force to acquire an improved wheel and brake assembly for certain F-16 aircraft to replace those supplied by ABSC under a prior contract. ABSC primarily argues that a solicitation requirement for radial tire compatibility exceeds the requirements of the original equipment manufacturer's (OEM) design specifications, is unduly restrictive, and impermissibly favors its competitor, BF Goodrich Aerospace (BFG). We deny the protest. The F-16 C/D fleet consists of two blocks, or types, of aircraft, block 40/42 and block 50/52. The wheel and brake assemblies sought under the RFP are a part of the main landing gear for the aircraft. They are considered flight critical items because a failure of the wheel and brake assembly during operation of the aircraft could significantly affect flight safety. The prime contractor and OEM of the F-16 fleet is General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth Division. The OEM equipped the block 40/42 aircraft with a wheel and brake assembly manufactured by ABSC, and the block 50/52 aircraft with a wheel and brake assembly manufactured by BFG. The ABSC 40/42 assembly and the BFG 50/52 assembly were each qualified to the 12151116

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