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B-288018 1 (2001-08-17)

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         G    A    O0                                                 Comptroller General
             A a * Integrity Reliability                              of the United States
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United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: GMA Cover Corporation

          File:       B-288018

          Date:       August 17, 2001

          Marc A. King for the protester.
          Walter R. Pierce, Esq., and Gail L. Booth, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the
          agency.
          Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency's failure to solicit a quote from the protester for an urgently needed item
          under an oral solicitation conducted under simplified acquisition procedures is
          unobjectionable where the contracting officer solicited the sources that she was
          aware had supplied the item and she was unaware of the protester's interest in
          submitting a quote, notwithstanding that the protester had supplied the item for
          another agency and had submitted quotes on prior agency simplified procedure
          acquisitions of the item.
          DECISION

          GMA Cover Corporation protests the award of purchase order No. SP0750-01-M-0990
          to John Johnson Company for 120 fitted vehicular covers by the Defense Logistics
          Agency, Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio (DSCC). GMA contends that DSCC
          improperly denied GMA the opportunity to compete for the order.

          We deny the protest.

          In April 2001, DSCC determined that it had an urgent requirement for 120 fitted
          vehicular covers, National Stock Number (NSN) No. 2540-01-472-5091. DSCC had no
          supplies on hand of the item, which is a Level A weapon system supporting the
          Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles critical to the protection of troops and
          supplies, so that accelerated award and delivery of the item were required.
          Contracting Officer's Report at 1; Agency Report, Tab 4, Statement of Urgency.

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