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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Camnetics Mfg. Corporation
File: B-299738
Date: June 21, 2007
Mark Reaney for the protester.
Michael Walters, Esq., and Edward C. Hintz, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the
agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency reasonably rejected protester's quotation offering surplus parts where the
surplus parts had been determined by the agency to be defective, and the protester
did not show that this determination was unreasonable.
DECISION
Camnetics Mfg. Corporation protests the rejection of its quotation and the issuance
of a purchase order to Pave Technology Company under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. SPO900-06-Q-0282, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA),
Department of Defense (DOD), for external fuel tank disconnect receptacles for
aircraft.
We deny the protest.
The RFQ sought quotations for 42 fuel tank receptacles. The solicitation stated that
a purchase order for the items would be issued to the vendor submitting the
quotation that conforms to the terms of the solicitation, is technically acceptable,
and represents the best value to the agency based upon the evaluation factors of past
performance, offered delivery, and price. RFQ at 11-12. Vendors were informed that
the receptacles were critical application item[s], and identified Northrup Grumman
Systems Corporation and Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. as the only approved
sources for the receptacles. The solicitation also provided the commercial and
government entity (CAGE) codes for Northrup Grumman and Simmonds, as well as
each firm's part number for the receptacles. Id. at 2. The RFQ provided that the
agency would consider quotations of former government surplus property, provided](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptauge0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)