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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            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:  Olgoonik Logistics, LLC

File:        B-415569

Date:       January 23, 2018

William K. Walker, Esq., Walker Reausaw, for the protester.
Benjamin N. Thompson, Esq., Jennifer M. Miller, Esq., and Dana L. Messinger, Esq.,
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, for LB&B Associates, Inc., the intervenor.
Don F. Pollack, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's conduct of discussions is denied where the record
provides no basis on which to conclude that discussions were not meaningful or were
otherwise improper.

2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's technical proposal is
denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION

Olgoonik Logistics, LLC (OL), of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to
LB&B Associates, Inc., of Columbia, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. SPE600-17-R-0522, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for fuel
management services for Naval Base Coronado, California. OL challenges the
agency's conduct of discussions and the reasonableness of the evaluation of OL's
technical proposal.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 (Commercial
Item Acquisition) procedures and employing the best-value source selection process of
FAR part 15, sought proposals for the award of a fixed-price contract, with a term of
4 years with one 5-year option period, to the firm whose proposal represented the best

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