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B-278111 1 (1997-12-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptages0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: CSK International, Inc. File: B-278111; B-278111.2 Date: December 30, 1997 James P. Rome, Esq., for the protester. John E. Rodgers for Barco Industries, Inc., an intervenor. Marie Adamson Collins, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under procurement subject to the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), agency properly rejected a bid offering a tool that consists of a tool head produced in a nondesignated country and a tool handle produced in the United States; assembly of the tool head and handle does not represent the type of substantial transformation of these elements required to qualify as a U.S. made end product for TAA purposes. DECISION CSK International, Inc. protests the rejection of its bid by the General Services Administration (GSA) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 7FXI-J6-97-5102-S for a quantity of pulaski tools and handles. We deny the protest. The IFB, issued on May 30, 1997, contemplated the award of a requirements contract for a pulaski tool, which is a combination axe and mattock of forged steel, fastened to a hickory wood handle, that is used primarily for clearing brush, small logs, and other surface debris, and for digging in the soil to construct fire lines in wildfires and controlled burn operations. In addition to the axe head and handle, the IFB required an equal number of replacement handles in anticipation of their eventual need, since the handle typically cracks or breaks before the axe head is worn out. The IFB identified the axe head and handle by national stock numbers and included specifications and drawings, supplied by the Forest Service, describing the exact item required. The IFB indicated that it was subject to the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (TAA), 19 U.S.C. §§ 2501-2582 (1994), pursuant to which the President waived the provisions of the Buy American Act. The TAA is implemented by Federal

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