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B-407598 1 (2013-01-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtqp0001 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 - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Inland Technologies International, LTD. File: B-407598 Date: January 16, 2013 Michael J. Murphy, Esq., Morrison Sund, PLLC, for the protester. Brian A. Darst, Esq., Attorney At Law, for Empire Aircraft Services, Inc., an intervenor. Christopher S. Cole, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found the protester's proposal unacceptable DECISION Inland Technologies International, Ltd., of Nova Scotia, Canada, protests the award of a contract to Empire Aircraft Services, Inc., of Summerville, South Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4484-12-R-0021, issued by the Department of the Air Force, for deicing fluid recovery and recycling services. Inland challenges the propriety of the agency's evaluation of proposals. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on August 17, 2012, sought proposals to provide deicing fluid recovery and disposal services at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The solicitation contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract with a 6-month base period and two 1-year options. The award was to be made on a best- value basis considering three evaluation factors in descending order of importance: (1) technical acceptability, (2) past performance, and (3) price. Under the technical acceptability factor, the RFP listed the following two subfactors: (1) recovery plan, and (2) continuation of essential service plan. RFP at 27-28. With regard to these subfactors, the proposal preparation instructions explained that an offeror's technical proposal was required to provide plans that clearly

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