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B-278648 1 (1998-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahpl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Baldt Inc. File: B-278648 Date: February 23, 1998 Glenn Suplee for the protester. Michael P. Chiffolo, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Susan K McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of alleged violation of statutory requirement (at section 8016 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998) for domestic manufacture of anchor chain is denied where record shows that award complies with statutory requirements for domestic manufacture of the chain (the studs and links will be welded, and the stud link chain will be produced, in the United States), and for the components of that chain to be substantially manufactured in the United States (only one component (the studs) will be manufactured outside of the United States, the aggregate cost of which is substantially less than the aggregate cost of the components manufactured in the United States). DECISION Baldt Inc. protests the award of a contract to Lister Chain & Forge Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP0490-97-Q-1043, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency for flash butt welded, stud link (1-3/8-inch) anchor chain, National Stock No. 4010-00-149-5609.1 Baldt contends that the agency improperly failed to evaluate Lister's compliance with the domestic manufacturing requirements at section 8016 of the Department of Defense (DOD) Appropriations Act, 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-56, 111 Stat. 1203, 1224 (1997). We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Lister submitted the lowest-priced quotation, with a unit price of $6,098 and an extended price of $60,980; Baldt submitted the highest-priced quotation, with a unit price of $7,125 and an extended price of $71,250. In its quotation, Lister identified its address as a domestic one--in Blaine, Washington--and stated that the same 1This type of chain involves a stud crossing the center of the link.

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