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B-281635 1 (1999-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajhn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Aeronautical Instrument & Radio Company File: B-281635 Date: February 24, 1999 Glade F. Flake, Esq., for the protester. Deborah A. Gruszeczki-Randall, for BVR Aero Precision Corporation, an intervenor. Robert S. Karpinski, Esq., Michael J. Cunningham, Jr., Esq., and Eric A. Lile, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Jeanne W. Isrin, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency is not required to delay award pending inclusion of protester's product on qualified products list (QPL) where protester has had ample opportunity to complete QPL testing over period of years. DECISION Aeronautical Instrument & Radio Company (AIRCO) protests the award of any contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00383-98-R-0064, issued by the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) for 81 bearing distance heading indicators, P/N ID-663D/U. The protester asserts that the agency is required to delay award until it has completed testing of its product for inclusion on the qualified products list (QPL). We deny the protest. The RFP provided that required items must be procured from sources listed in QPL 22075-14, which provides for qualification inspection and quality conformance testing in accordance with MIL-I-22075C.1 RFP § C-321a, b. Proposals were due by July 8, 1998. On July 1, AIRCO contacted the agency and provided information showing that it had been an approved source for previous versions of the required indicator, and that it was currently manufacturing and selling the ID-663D/U to the government of Canada and to Lockheed Martin Corporation for incorporation into C-130 aircraft ordered under a U.S. Air Force contract. AIRCO and other offerors submitted proposals by the closing date. By letter of August 19, the contracting officer notified AIRCO that its technical documentation was inadequate for approval 1QPL 22075-14 (January 30, 1991) lists BVR Aero Precision Corporation and one other firm as the only qualified suppliers.

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