A firm protested the Air Force's decision to extend the delivery schedule for submission of a first article. The protester alleged that the Air Force found the contractor's first article to be totally unacceptable, but extended the delivery schedule to permit resubmission. GAO held that the decision to extend a delivery schedule is a matter of contract administration which is the function and resp...

DIGEST: DECISION TO EXTEND THE DELIVERY SCHEDULE FOR THE CONTRACTOR'S SUBMISSION OF A FIRST ARTICLE IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WHICH GAO WILL NOT REVIEW UNLESS THE PROTESTER SHOWS THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED WITH THE INTENTION TO ALTER THE SCHEDULE. OR THAT THE CHANGE WAS SO SUBSTANTIAL THAT IT DISTORTED THE COMPETITION ON WHICH THE AWARD WAS BASED. THE DECISION TO EXTEND A DELIVERY SCHED...