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[Protest of DLA Contract Award for Test Leads]

B-220237.2 Published: Dec 20, 1985. Publicly Released: Dec 20, 1985.
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A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for replacement of a certain test lead's spares, contending that: (1) DLA should not have rejected the alternate product it offered because the solicitation did not require first article testing; (2) its product had first article approval; and (3) it lost the opportunity to show that its item had indeed received first article approval because the contracting officer failed to inform it of the first article test requirement. GAO found that: (1) although the solicitation did not contain a first article test provision, it clearly warned offerers that, while the government would make every reasonable effort to determine the acceptability of products offered, if such a determination could not be timely made, a product might be considered technically unacceptable; and (2) the agency properly rejected the protester's offer since it failed to point out that its alternate product was previously approved under another firm's name. Accordingly, the protest was denied.

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Bid rejection protestsContract award protestsEquipment contractsFirst article testingSolicitation specificationsU.S. Navy