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B-284456 1 (2000-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalam0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Phaostron Instrument & Electronic Company File: B-284456 Date: April 20, 2000 Mary E. Shallman, Esq., Morrison & Foerster, for the protester. Bette Reinhart for Aircraft Instruments Co., an intervenor. Stephen Stastny, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that award was improper because contracting activity that approved awardee's part for addition to qualified products list did not have approval authority is denied, where contracting officer found part approval valid based on consideration of information from cognizant activities, consistent with his authority under 10 U.S.C. § 2319. DECISION Phaostron Instrument & Electronic Company protests the issuance of a purchase order to Aircraft Instruments Company (AIC) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP0440-99-Q-W731, issued by the Defense Supply Center, Richmond (DSCR), Defense Logistics Agency, for a quantity of pressure indicators. Phaostron asserts that AIC's part was not properly included on the qualified products list for this requirement. We deny the protest. The pressure indicators are a critical application item and, as indicated in the RFQ, competition for the requirement was limited to firms whose items were approved for the qualified products list (QPL) at the time of contract award. RFQ at 3. At the time the RFQ was issued, only the protester and one other firm were listed on the QPL. QPL-27190-9, Mar. 30, 1998. In response to the solicitation, the agency received several quotations, including the protester's and AIC's.

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