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B-407093 1 (2012-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpvf0001 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Trailboss Enterprises, Inc. File: B-407093 Date: November 6, 2012 Traeger Machetanz, Esq., Jonathan A. DeMella, Esq., and Kate H. Kennedy, Esq., Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, for the protester. Col. Mark S. Teskey, Carrie Fogle, Esq., and Capt. John Montgomery, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where a solicitation provided for a comparative qualitative evaluation of the technical factors, and the agency's evaluators and source selection official failed to document that it qualitatively assessed the relative merits of the offerors' respective technical approaches in evaluating the proposals and making the source selection decision. DECISION Trailboss Enterprises, Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to CAV International, Inc., of Greenville, South Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HTC711-12-R-ROO1, issued by the United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), for aerial delivery services. Trailboss challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal and source selection decision. We sustain the protest. The RFP, issued on December 12, 2011, sought proposals to provide aerial delivery services for Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for a 2-month base period with 4 option years. Award was to be made on a best-value basis considering four evaluation factors: past performance, staffing, implementation, and price. The non-price factors were

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