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B-405510 1 (2011-10-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadogj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .L SG AO Comptroller General f.Accountabity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Kitco Defense, Inc. File: B-405510 Date: October 4, 2011 J. Brent Wood, Kitco Defense, Inc., for the protester. Thomas Dougherty, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation requirements as unduly restrictive of competition is denied where agency demonstrates that the challenged requirements are reasonably related to the agency's current minimum needs. DECISION Kitco Defense, Inc., of Springville, Utah, protests the terms of Request for Quotations (RFQ) No. SPM5M2-11-Q-0913, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for 7,500 O-rings used in the C-130 aircraft. Kitco argues that the RFQ is unduly restrictive of competition in violation of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 14, 2011, in consideration for Kitco's withdrawal of two protests filed with our Office (B-404746 and B-404804), the agency agreed to submit Kitco's Source Approval Request (SAR) package, which was previously determined to be unacceptable, to the Engineering Support Activity (ESA) for reevaluation. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. The agency also agreed to withhold any award decision under solicitation No. SPM5M2-1 1-T-2368, which was the solicitation at issue in B-404746, pending completion of the reevaluation. Id. Kitco's SAR package was reevaluated by the ESA and determined to be technically unacceptable due to a dimensional nonconformance. Id. at 2. Kitco was notified of the rejection of its SAR package on July 13. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, SAR Rejection. On July 14, the

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