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B-274849 1 (1997-01-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafrs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: REFA International, Inc. File: B-274849; B-275140 Date: January 7, 1997 Joe Hardin for the protester. John P. Patkus, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Marie Penny Ahearn, Esq., David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably delayed review of protester's application for qualified suppliers list (QSL) is denied where delay was related to agency's concerns (1) that there may be an identity between the protester and a contractor that had been debarred on the basis of lack of business integrity, and (2) whether the protester's products were traceable to a QSL manufacturer or supplier. DECISION REFA International, Inc. (REFA) protests the award of two purchase orders for class 3 threaded fasteners--to L & M Enterprises, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP0500-96-Q-KZ52, and to ASC Industries under RFQ No. SP0500-96-T-HJ08--issued by the Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC), Defense Logistics Agency. REFA argues that DISC improperly denied the firm an opportunity to compete under the RFQs by failing promptly to consider the firm's request for approval as a qualified source for the screws. We deny the protests. DISC issued the RFQs on June 17 and August 30, 1996, respectively. Both RFQs provided that only manufacturers/suppliers on the qualified suppliers list (QSL) for class 3 threaded fasteners (which are used primarily for aerospace applications) would be eligible for award. DLA rejected REFA's low quotes on both RFQs because the firm was not on the QSL at the time of the awards. The agency made award to L & M under the first RFQ on September 14, and to ASC under the second RFQ on October 10, as the next low quoters on the QSL. 53017

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