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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT   ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States

                                             DOCUMENT  FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                   a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                           been approved for public release.

Matter of:   Rotair Aerospace Corporation

File:        B-422816

Date:     November 6, 2024

Ryan  C. Bradel, Esq., and Brian S. Yu, Esq., Ward & Berry, PLLC, for the protester.
Mitchell A. Krock, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that a delivery order exceeds the scope of an underlying requirements contract
is denied where the record shows that the items ordered were within the express terms
of the contract, providing for the buyback of inventory, and the protester's allegations
are based on facts not reflected in the record.
DECISION

Rotair Aerospace Corporation, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, protests the issuance of
delivery order No. SPE4AX-24-F-Z25G  to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, of Stratford,
Connecticut, by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for flight control capsule assembly
units. The protester argues that the agency improperly issued the delivery order without
a full and open competition for the requirement.

We  deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.

BACKGROUND

On July 1, 2015, the agency awarded a requirements contract to Sikorsky on a
sole-source basis to provide a performance-based supply of consumable parts in
support of previously procured Sikorsky aircrafts. Contracting Officer's Statement and
Memorandum of   Law (COS/MOL)   at 2; Agency Report (AR), Exh. 1, Contract at 2. The
fixed-price contract was for a 5-year base period and one 5-year option period, and the

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