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B-411185,B-411185.2,B-411185.3 1 (2015-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadreg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: MTU Maintenance Canada, LTD File: B-411185; B-411185.2; B-411185.3 Date: June 9, 2015 Lorenzo F. Exposito, Esq., Law Office of Lorenzo F. Exposito, for the protester. Andrew A. Shipley, Esq., Lee P. Curtis, Esq., and Seth H. Locke, Esq., Perkins Coie LLP, for the intervenor. Marvin Kent Gibbs, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency decision to include engine maintenance requirements within a larger contract for logistics support of an entire aircraft system is denied where record shows that there is a logical, reasonable basis for agency to include engine maintenance as part of its larger requirement, and, in addition, the agency performed extensive market research, in which the protester elected not to participate, that showed that there was no reasonable expectation of stand-alone competition for the engine maintenance requirement. DECISION MTU Maintenance Canada, LTD, of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8106-15-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Air Force for contractor logistics support (CLS) services required in connection with the Air Force's sustainment and maintenance of the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) fleet of aircraft. MTU maintains that the agency improperly has included engine maintenance services with its larger requirement for CLS services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The NAOC fleet is comprised of four E-4B airplanes that are highly modified, specialized Boeing 747-200 aircraft. The primary mission of the NAOC fleet is to

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