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B-281246 1 (1999-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajfu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Vision Blocks, Inc. File: B-281246 Date: January 14, 1999 Edward J. Kinberg, Esq., for the protester. David R. Hazelton, Esq., Latham & Watkins, for Miller-Holzwarth, Inc., an interveno r. Gail Booth, Esq., and Walter R. Pierce, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contracting agency reasonably waived first article test requirement for a firm where the firm had successfully supplied production quantities of similar items to the government under a previous contract and the firm's first article was tested and approved under that contract to the same military specification that applies in the current pro curement. DECISION Vision Blocks, Inc. (VBI) protests the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) decision to waive first article testing (FAT) for Miller-Ho lzwarth, Inc. (MHI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0750-98-R-2022, for direct vision blocks. We deny the protest. Issued on April 2, 1998, by the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) the RFP solicited offers for supplying 1,797 direct vision blocks, national stock number 2510- 00-630-0790 (hereinafter referred to as No. 0790), for use on the M88 recovery vehicle.1 RFP at 1, 3-4; Contracting Officer's Report at 1. The RFP required the selected contractor to provide a first article for testing and a FAT report for approval by the agency. RFP §§ 143(a), (b). The RFP also provided that the agency 1A vision block is a block made up of layers of glass cemented together with clear adhesive. A vision block is positioned into a slot in the driver's compartment of a vehicle to allow the driver to see out while preventing projectiles from small weapons from entering the vehicle. Contracting Officer's Report at 1.

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