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B-411242,B-411242.2 1 (2015-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrfm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision [e for pic release. Matter of: TransAtlantic Lines, LLC File: B-411242; B-411242.2 Date: June 23, 2015 Brian S. Gocial, Esq., Brian A. Bannon, Esq., Kendra P. Norwood, Esq., and Albert B. Krachman, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the protester. Bryant E. Gardner, Esq., Scott A. Schipma, Esq., and Brooke F. Shapiro, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, for Schuyler Line Navigation Company, LLC, the intervenor. Lt. Col. Mark E. Allen, Maj. Robert P. Watkins IV, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the technical acceptability of the awardee's proposed vessel is denied where the vessel's characteristics met the solicitation requirements, and the protester's attempt to impose additional requirements is contrary to the solicitation terms. 2. Protest challenging the technical acceptability of awardee's proposed liner service schedule is denied where the awardee's proposed schedule complied with the requirements of the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's conduct of discussions is denied where the record reflects that discussions were neither misleading nor unequal; discussions regarding unbalanced pricing did not mislead the protester into increasing its price, and the agency tailored the discussions to concerns specific to each offeror's price proposal. DECISION TransAtlantic Lines, LLC, a small business of Greenwich, Connecticut, protests the award of a contract to Schuyler Line Navigation Company, LLC, a small business of Annapolis, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HTC711-14-R-WO01, which was issued by the Department of Defense, United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), for cargo transportation services. TransAtlantic

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