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B-414566 1 (2017-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtsi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE I The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been ... approved for public release. Matter of: Coulson Aviation (USA), Inc. File: B-414566 Date: July 12, 2017 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Todd M. Garland, Esq., and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Heather M. Mandelkehr, Esq., and Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest arguing that a solicitation requirement is unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the agency articulated a reasonable, safety related basis for the requirement. 2. Agency decision to conduct a procurement using other than Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 procedures did not prejudice the protester where the protester does not offer a commercial item that meets the agency's requirements. DECISION Coulson Aviation (USA), Inc., of Portland, Oregon, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8504-17-R-0008, issued by the Department of the Air Force for the design, manufacture, and installation of a 3,500 gallon retardant delivery system (RDS) on seven HC-1 30H aircraft. The protester argues that the RFP contains terms that are unduly restrictive of competition, and contends that the procurement should be conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 procedures for the purchase of commercial items. We deny the protest.

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