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B-292345 1 (2003-08-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacykb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Houston Air, Inc. File: B-292345 Date: August 15, 2003 William B. Allison for the protester. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., and Alton E. Woods, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably and in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation scheme selected awardee's higher-priced, higher-rated proposal for aircraft services, where the awardee's more relevant experience and past performance was reasonably found to be superior and to offset the protester's modest price advantage. DECISION American East Airways, Inc. dba Houston Air, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Spur Aviation Services by the Department of the Interior's Office of Aircraft Services, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 8003-25, for contractor operated and maintained air attack fixed wing aircraft, for use in support of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) fire management program to assist in the suppression of wildfires. Houston Air argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated its experience and past performance, and made an unreasonable award decision. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued on March 2003 using simplified acquisition procedures. The RFP anticipated award of up to three separate fixed-price contracts for three aircraft, based at Ely, Nevada, Richfield, Utah, and Billings, Montana, for exclusive use during the fire season, with three option periods of the same duration for the fire seasons in the next 3 years. Each of the aircraft here will be used to provide an aerial platform for the government Air Attack Group Supervisor (ATGS), who provides communication and direction to tactical, fire suppression aircraft. The

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