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B-412963.3 1 (2016-09-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsoe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 version has been Decision ..aproved for public release. Matter of: Al Raha Group for Technical Services File: B-412963.3 Date: September 19, 2016 Gerard I. Doyle, Esq., and Ron R. Hutchinson, Esq., Doyle & Bachman LLP, for the protester. Anna F. Kurtz, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation as vague and undefined is denied where the solicitation includes best estimates of the agency's needs and sufficiently detailed information for offerors to intelligently prepare their proposals on a common basis. DECISION Al Raha Group for Technical Services, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8505-16-R-0004, issued by the Department of the Air Force for F-15 supply services, logistics, and other support services for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). Al Raha challenges the pricing requirements and terms of the solicitation as vague and undefined, and claims that this vagueness prevents offerors from competing on a common basis. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Air Force issued the RFP on February 4, 2016, for supply services in support of the RSAF, including logistics support personnel, supply chain management related to consumable items, and print plant operations. See RFP at 1. The RFP contemplates a single-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, on a primarily fixed-price incentive basis. Id. at 6 and 72. The RFP provides for a basic ordering period of 24 months, with three 12-month options, but notes that the period of performance for individual orders will vary, with no minimum guaranteed period of performance after the initial order. Id. at 6. The RFP provides that

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