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B-416381.4 1 (2018-12-21)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States




Decision


Matter of: AeroSage, LLC

File:       B-416381.4

Date:       December 21, 2018

David M. Snyder, for the protester.
Howard M. Kauffer, Esq., Matthew Vasquez, Esq., and Christopher S. Colby, Esq.,
Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency.
Young S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency failed to provide sufficient time for offerors to submit proposals is
denied where the timeframe allotted was reasonable.
DECISION

AeroSage LLC, of Tampa, Florida, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business
(SDVOSB), protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. SPE605-18-R-0218,
issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for delivery of fuel products to locations
throughout New England. The protester argues that it was not provided with enough
time to respond to the solicitation as amended.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

DLA issued the RFP on May 1, 2018, in accordance with the commercial item
acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12 and the
simplified acquisition procedures of FAR part 13. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, RFP
at 1, 3. The solicitation seeks proposals for the delivery of fuel to locations in
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts. Id. at 5-6. The RFP
includes 10 separate contract line item numbers (CLINs), each for the delivery of fuel to
a specific location. Id.

On May 15, prior to the time set for receipt of proposals, AeroSage filed a protest
challenging the terms of the solicitation. Protest (B-416481) at 1-5. In that protest,

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