Boeing Restriction in Apache Helicopter Parts Procurement Upheld

CM Manufacturing Inc. failed to show that the Defense Logistics Agency unreasonably requires the supply of Boeing Co. parts in a procurement for hollow pins used on the AH-64 Apache helicopter, the GAO said in a decision released Thursday.

CM argued that the requirement unduly restricts competition, and that CM should be allowed to offer pins it manufactures in-house.

But the protester didn’t demonstrate that the restriction is improper or violates procurement law, the Government Accountability Office said.

The agency reasonably based its decision on the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s view that certain individual specifications for the pins ...