B-218430: Apr 26, 1985

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award, contending that DLA should have accepted the alternate product the protester offered since the product met the same military specification and quality assurance provisions as the approved source item the awardee offered. The protester also contended that DLA waited 3 months before it informed the protester that its product needed Na...

B-218430: Apr 26, 1985

WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR THE AWARD BECAUSE THE ALTERNATE COULD NOT BE ANALYZED AND APPROVED IN TIME. THE PROTESTOR HAS NO GROUNDS TO COMPLAIN THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS NOT CONSIDERED. FACT THAT AN AGENCY'S PROCEDURE FOR APPROVING ALTERNATE PRODUCTS TAKES MORE TIME THAN PROTESTER BELIEVES IS NECESSARY DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE PROCEDURE LACKS A REASONABLE BASIS. DLA SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THE ALTERNATE PR...