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G A 0 Comptroller General
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United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Baldt Inc.
File: B-288315
Date: August 28, 2001
Glenn S. Suplee for the protester.
Amalia Evola, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of
the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that awardee did not possess valid Commercial and Government Entity
code at time of award is denied where documentation furnished by agency shows
that it verified awardee's code prior to award.
2. Protest that provision imposing domestic restriction on manufacture of anchor
and mooring chain improperly was omitted from solicitation and subsequent
contract is dismissed as untimely where protester failed to raise the issue before
time set for receipt of initial proposals.
DECISION
Baldt Inc. protests the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) award of a contract to
Lister Chain & Forge, under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0490-01-R-0805, for
flash-butt welded, stud-link (1.625 inch) chain. Baldt contends that the awardee did
not possess an active Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, and that the
agency improperly modified the contract to include a domestic manufacture
restriction that was omitted from the RFP.
We deny the protest.
CAGE CODE
The RFP required that each offeror be registered in the Central Contractor
Registration (CCR) database prior to award. RFP § 116; Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) § 252.204-7004. An offeror is registered in the CCR
database when all mandatory information, including the... [CAGE] code, is in the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptamrr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)