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United States General Accounting 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 been
approved for public release.
Decision
Matter of: T Square Logistics Services Corporation
File: B-291851
Date: April 15, 2003
Richard B. Oliver, Esq., and Bradley G. Bjelke, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for
the protester.
Nancy M. Camardo, Esq., and Joseph A. Camardo, Jr., Esq., for Sankaty Capital
Aviation Services, the intervenor.
Capt. Timothy J. Ryan, and Capt. Peter G. Hartman, Department of the Army, for the
agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency's evaluation of the awardee's oral presentation under two subfactors to the
technical approach evaluation factor as blue/excellent in all respects was
unreasonable where the awardee did not address the subfactors during its oral
presentation.
DECISION
T Square Logistics Services Corporation protests the award of a contract to Sankaty
Capital Aviation Services under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAHA20-02-R-0010,
issued by the Air National Guard (ANG), for fuel distribution services at Selfridge
ANG Base, Michigan. T Square argues that the agency failed to conduct meaningful
discussions with it, and that the agency's evaluation of its and Sankaty's proposals,
including oral presentations, and the selection of Sankaty's higher-priced proposal
for award, were unreasonable.
We sustain the protest.
The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for a base period of
8 months with four 1-year options. The successful contractor will be responsible
for the requisitioning, issuing, delivery, accounting and overall management of fuels
distribution in direct support of base tenants and transient aircraft at Selfridge
[ANG Base]. RFP, Statement of Work (SOW), at 1. To accomplish this, the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobacykv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)