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B-412789.2,B-412790.2 1 (2016-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadshp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: AAR Airlift Group, Inc. File: B-412789.2; B-412790.2 Date: June 2, 2016 Joel Singer, Esq., Kyle J. Fiet, Esq., and Patrick K. O'Keefe, Esq., Sidley Austin LLP, for the protester. David M. Nadler, Esq., and Stephanie Zechmann, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for Erickson Incorporated, the intervenor. Cynthia R. Martin, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that contracting agency unreasonably evaluated proposals--that were in line for award ahead of protester's proposal--as technically acceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that discussions were not meaningful with regard to the protester's proposed price, which was higher than the prices of the other competitors, is denied where the agency never considered the protester's price to be excessive or unreasonably high. DECISION AAR Airlift Group, Inc., of Palm Bay, Florida, protests the award of contracts to Erickson Inc., of McMinnville, Oregon, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62387-15-R-8008 (-8008) and RFP No. N62387-15-R-8009 (-8009), issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, for ship-based and/or shore- based vertical replenishment services. AAR, the incumbent contractor for these

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