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B-283586 1 (1999-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajmw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Hawker Eternacell, Inc. File: B-283586 Date: November 23, 1999 Norman A. Steiger, Esq., Goldberg & Connolly, for the protester. Maj. Cynthia M. Mabry, and John J. Reynolds, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest allegation that an award under a solicitation would breach the protester's existing contract concerns a matter of contract administration, which is outside the scope of the General Accounting Office's bid protest jurisdiction. 2. Agency properly determined to exclude protester from the competition for award of batteries, where the protester currently held a contract for the same batteries and the agency reasonably found that another source was necessary to ensure the batteries' continuous availability, to satisfy projected needs, to provide for future competition, and to satisfy national defense interests. DECISION Hawker Eternac ell, Inc. pro tests the terms o f request for pro po sals (RFP) No. DAAB07-99-R-A273, issued by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Co mmand for a quantity o f BA-X590A/U no n-rec hargeable, high perfo rmanc e lithium batteries. Hawker, which currently has a contract to supply the Army with these batteries, challenges its exclusion from the competition for award. We deny the protest. The high performance lithium battery family, of which the BA-X590A/U is a part, is the main power source for most of the Army's portable, combat communications and electronic equipment. The BA-5590 battery configuration, of which the BA-X590A/U is an updated version, is extensively used and has one of the highest monthly

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