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B-261561.2 1 (1995-11-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaccj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: BF Goodrich Aerospace--Reconsideration File: B-261561.2; B-261777.2; B-261898.2; B-261899.3; B-262018.2 Date: November 2, 1995 Albert C. Ruehmann III, Esq., for the protester. Tania L. Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Request for reconsideration is denied where the requesting party does not show that our prior decision contains either errors of fact or law or present information not previously considered that warrants reversal or modification of our decision. DECISION BF Goodrich Aerospace (BFG) requests that we reconsider our decision in BF Goodrich Aerospace, B-261561 et al., Sept. 18, 1995, 95-2 CPD -, denying its protests of the terms of request for proposal (RFP) Nos. N00383-94-R-0401, N00383- 95-R-D364, N00383-95-R-D365, N00383-95-R-D366, and N00383-94-R-D260, issued by the Department of the Navy's Naval Aviation Supply Office (ASO) for various components of the landing gear assembly used on the Navy's F/A-18 aircraft. We deny the request for reconsideration. These flight-critical spare parts are subject to source approval pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2319 (1994). Prior to the issuance of these solicitations, ASO had two sources for these parts--McDonnell Douglas, the original equipment manufacturer, and BFG, which until recently supplied these parts to McDonnell Douglas for use on the firm's Navy aircraft production contracts.1 When it received these requirements, the Navy realized that it could not approve new sources or retain approval of existing sources for these parts and would have 1As McDonnell Douglas's supplier, BFG received copies of all updates to the technical data and was able to propose engineering changes, waivers and deviations. Under these circumstances, ASO was able to use BFG as an alternate source for these parts. BFG is no longer McDonnell Douglas's supplier. 1039111