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[Protest of DLA Contract Award for Fluorescent Starters]

B-225323: Mar 2, 1987

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for fluorescent starters, contending that: (1) since more than 50 percent of the awardee's starter components were foreign made, DLA should have applied an evaluation factor to the awardee's bid which would have made the protester the low bidder; and (2) the award was improper because the awardee was not on the qualified bidders list...

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B-225323, MAR 2, 1987, 87-1 CPD 234

B-225323: Mar 2, 1987

AWARD TO BIDDER ON BASIS OF BUY AMERICAN ACT CERTIFICATION THAT FIRM WILL SUPPLY DOMESTIC PRODUCTS MUST BE PRECEDED BY CONTRACTING OFFICER DECISION THAT BIDDER IS CAPABLE OF DOING SO. IT IS OBLIGATED TO DO SO UPON ACCEPTANCE OF ITS BID. WHETHER THE FIRM IN FACT MEETS ITS OBLIGATION IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. FAILURE OF PROPOSED AWARDEE TO APPEAR ON CERTIFIED MANUFACTURERS' LIST DOES N...

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