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B-415353.8 1 (2018-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Al Qabandi United Company, W.L.L. File: B-415353.8 Date: December 11, 2018 Mathew Thomas, for the protester. Wade L. Brown, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's decision to make an additional blanket purchase agreement award under a solicitation contemplating multiple awards is dismissed where the protester is an awardee and has not credibly alleged that it is an interested party. DECISION Al Qabandi United Company, W.L.L., of Kuwait, protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to TYD Services & Car Rental, of the United Arab Emirates, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1 J-1 7-R-0062, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the establishment of multiple BPAs for the provision of non-tactical vehicle (NTV) leasing and maintenance services in the United States Central Command area of responsibility. Al Qabandi, which also received a BPA award, challenges the Army's decision to make an additional award to TYD. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, which was issued on September 8, 2017, and subsequently amended 19 times, sought proposals for the award of up to eight fixed-price BPAs for the provision of NTV leasing and maintenance services in Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. RFP, amend. No. 19, at 8. The BPAs will be established for a base year, and include six, 1-year option periods, and the extension period under Federal Acquisition Regulation clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, for up to six months. Id. at 9. The RFP explained that the Army would solicit BPA holders when placing new orders, and the specific evaluation standards for the task order competition

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