B-218138: May 29, 1985

A firm protested a contract award to another firm under an Army small business set-aside solicitation for howitzer carriage components, contending that, since it was a planned emergency producer of howitzer carriages and wished to compete, the Army was prohibited from restricting the solicitation to small businesses. GAO held that: (1) since the component being procured was not on an established p...

B-218138: May 29, 1985

UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT AGENCY IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROCURE COMPONENT OF AN ITEM LISTED ON THE INDUSTRIAL READINESS PROGRAM PLANNING LIST ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS UNLESS THE COMPONENT ITSELF IS ON THE LIST AND A LARGE BUSINESS LISTED AS A PLANNED EMERGENCY PRODUCER OF THE COMPONENT DESIRES TO BE A SOURCE OF SUPPLY. THE SOLICITATION SOUGHT OFFERS TO SUPPLY MANIFOLD ASSEMBLES THAT ARE COMPONENTS OF M...