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B-186856 1 (1976-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadehh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -It YHE coMPTRROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE IJTED STATRS WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-186856 DATE: November 30, 1976 MATTER OF: Martin & Turner Supply Company DIGEST: l. Where IFB required that component of procured item be obtained from sole-source vendor unless substitute component is tested by vendor and approved by Naval Air Engineering Center, compelling reason to cancel IFB after bid opening exists since sole-source vendor who submitted bid refused to furnish price quotations to other bidd:rs who apparently could not meet qualification requirement. 2. Bidder offering to furnish component of procured item from pource other than vaudor approved prior to bid opening as required in IFE -a ineligible for award. Martin & Turner Supply Company GKST) protests the cancellation of invitation for bids (IFB) N68335-76-B-1063, issued by the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, for eight socket tester assemblies for the M%-7 arresting gear. The grip assembly, a component of the socket tester, is sub- ject to source control drawing 513745 listed in the IFB. The drawing lists the test procedures and Lucker Mfg. Co. (Lucker) as the vendor. Note 7 on the drawing provides: Only items described on this drawing when procured from the vendor(s) listed hereon are approved by the Naval Air Engineer- $n& Center, Lakehurst, N. J., 08733 for use in the application(s) specified hereon. A substitute item shall not be used unless tt has been tested by the vendor and approved by the Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst, N. J., 08733 prinr to the open/closing date of the solicitation. Eight bids were recei ed. M&T submitted the lowest bid of $5,290 per unit. The second low bid was submitted by Lucker in the amount of $6,785 per unit. A preaward survey of M&T was conducted by the Defense Contract Administration Services Division (DCASD), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The survey report indicates that M&T requested a quotation from Lucker for the grip, -1 - *

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