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B-412041.2 1 (2015-12-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrtw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Unsigt , Stats Gn ADOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision obeen approved for public release. Matter of: Sealift, Inc. File: B-412041.2 Date: December 30, 2015 Timothy B. Shea, Esq., Nemirow, Hu & Shea, for the protester. Johanna E. Crawford, Esq., and Allison M. McDade, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's corrective action is denied where the record reflects that after a prior protest, the agency took corrective action because it found the solicitation to be ambiguous regarding the agency's tiered evaluation of offers, and where agency acted within its discretion in deciding that the identified flaws warranted cancelling and reissuing the solicitation. DECISION Sealift, Inc., of Oyster Bay, New York, protests the corrective action being taken in connection with request for proposals (RFP) No. N62387-15-R-3000, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command (MSC), for the time charter of a vessel. Sealift argues that the corrective action is unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued to acquire, on behalf of the Department of the Army, the time- chartering of a container ship capable of carrying ammunition and other bulk cargo to prepositioned locations worldwide.' Contracting Officer's Statement, Nov. 4, 1 The solicitation included a lengthy performance work statement (PWS) that set forth vessel specifications and performance requirements. RFP at 21-51.

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