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B-400088 1 (2008-07-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawaz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A A Comptroller General of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC20548 Decision Matter of: Advanced Seal Technology, Inc. File: B-400088; B-400089 Date: July 14, 2008 Thomas C. Doepker for the protester. Richard Ferguson, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests challenging agency's decision to proceed with procurements for an item requiring source approval on the basis that the protester was deprived of a reasonable opportunity to requalify its alternate item is denied where the protester was notified of its removal as an approved source and the reasons for the removal before the challenged solicitations were issued; contracting agency need not delay a proposed procurement while a vendor pursues qualification of its product. DECISION Advanced Seal Technology, Inc. (AST) protests the issuance of an order to another vendor under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPM7M3-08-T-7834, and the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPM7M1-08-U-C373, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center-Columbus (DSCC) for mechanical seals, National Stock Number (NSN) 4320-01-279-2321 (NSN 2321). We deny the protests. BACKGROUND NSN 2321 is a critical application item, thus, a designated Engineering Support Activity (ESA) is required to approve all sources.' DLA Instruction 3200.1. In this 1 A critical application item is an item the failure of which could injure personnel or jeopardize a vital agency mission. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 46.203.