A firm protested a Navy contract award for turbine blade sets, contending that the Navy unreasonably determined that it could not timely meet its urgent delivery requirements. GAO held that the Navy was not required to rely on the protester's estimate of the lead time it required for source approval and first-article testing and production. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

PROCUREMENT - Competitive Negotiation - Requests for proposals - Competitive restrictions - Justification - Urgent needs DIGEST: General Accounting Office will not object to agency's decision to limit procurement for flight-critical turbine blade sets to approved sources where the agency reasonably determines that unapproved sources cannot timely meet its urgent requirements. The RFP was issued by...