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B-412898 1 (2016-07-01)

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         G    A    O                                                   Comptroller General
     Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of:   Biomass Energy Service

         File:        B-412898

         Date:        July 1, 2016

         Randy Parker for the protester.
         Kelly Tischler, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
         Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Eric Ransom, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest challenging agency's rejection of proposal as technically unacceptable is
         denied where agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation
         requirements.
         DECISION

         Biomass Energy Service, of Tifton, Georgia, protests the rejection of its proposal as
         technically unacceptable under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPE600-15-R-
         0719, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency for bulk petroleum fuel. BioMass
         alleges that the rejection of its proposal was in error.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP, issued on October 5, 2015, contemplated the award of multiple 1-year
         indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts for the supply of bulk petroleum fuel,
         including, as relevant to this protest, JAA (commercial) aviation fuel. Memorandum
         of Law at 2. The RFP, which provided for award on a lowest-price, technically
         acceptable basis, set out the following five technical evaluation subfactors:
         supplies/services; description/specifications/statement of work;
         inspection/acceptance; deliveries/performance; and biofuel conformance. Id. at 3.
         In order for a proposal to be determined technically acceptable for award, an
         evaluation rating of acceptable was required under each technical evaluation
         subfactor. RFP at 76. Offerors were instructed to provide proposal information in
         sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with solicitation requirements. Id. at 70.

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