About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-414197 1 (2017-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtgw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General Accountablity * 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 - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Fiore Industries, Inc. File: B-414197 Date: March 17, 2017 Carolyn Callaway, Esq., Carolyn Callaway, P.C., for the protester. Frank V. Reilly, Esq., Frank V. Reilly Attorney at Law, for Team Technologies, Inc., the intervenor. Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., and Jason R. Smith, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where the agency's evaluation and award were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and the protester's objection to the qualifications of the awardee's proposed personnel reflect only the protester's untimely disagreement with the plain, unambiguous language of the solicitation. DECISION Fiore Industries, Inc. (Fiore), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, protests the award of a contract to TEAM Technologies, Inc. (TEAM), also of Albuquerque, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8110-17-R-0002, issued by the Department of the Air Force for aircraft maintenance and testing. Fiore contends that TEAM's proposal should have been rejected as technically unacceptable, because its proposed personnel did not meet the RFP's qualification requirements. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Air Force issued the solicitation on October 24, 2016, as a set-aside for small business concerns to provide preventative maintenance and testing services for two B-2 aircraft at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. RFP at 1-8; Contracting Officer's

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most