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B-414987,B-414987.2 1 (2017-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtza0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Global SuperTanker Services, LLC File: B-414987; B-414987.2 Date: November 6, 2017 Robert K. Magovern, Esq., Marc J. Fink, Esq., and Jeff R. Vogel, Esq., Cozen O'Connor, for the protester. Antonio Robinson, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Elizabeth Witwer, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the solicitation's limitation on maximum tank size as unduly restrictive of competition is sustained where the record fails to show that the limitation is reasonably necessary to meet the agency's needs. DECISION Global SuperTanker Services, LLC (GST), a small business located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-024B-S- 16-9014, issued by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, for Next Generation Large Airtanker (LAT) services for wildland firefighting. The protester alleges that the solicitation's limitation on the maximum tank size for retardant is unduly restrictive of competition. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on May 16, 2017, as a set-aside for small businesses. RFP at 6, § B.I. The solicitation contemplated the award of multiple Call When Needed (CWN) basic ordering agreements (BOAs) to obtain Next Generation LAT services for wildland firefighting on a nationwide basis.1 RFP, § B.I. The solicitation provided that the 1 The agency uses both call when needed agreements and exclusive use indefinite- delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts to obtain airtanker services. Pursuant to an (continued...)

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