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Protest of Air Force Contract Award

B-206016: Feb 3, 1982

A firm protested the Air Force's award of 10 small purchases for replacement parts to be used on equipment furnished by a particular supplier, but originally manufactured by others. The firm contended that the Air Force improperly used information furnished by its quotation to go beyond the supplier's part numbers and track the identity of the original equipment manufacturers. GAO procedures requi...

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B-206016, FEB 3, 1982

B-206016: Feb 3, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST FILED MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER BASIS OF PROTEST WAS KNOWN. OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. IS UNTIMELY. ASTRA WAS FORCED OUT OF THE PICTURE SINCE AS A DEALER (OR MIDDLEMAN) ASTRA WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO UNDERBID THE MANUFACTURER AND STILL MAKE A PROFIT. WE FIND THAT THE PROTEST WAS UNTIMELY FILED. THE AIR FORCE ADVISES THAT ACCOMPANYING ASTRA'S QUOTE WAS A SELF ADDRESSED POSTCARD WHICH...

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