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B-417362.2 1 (2019-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaez0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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: Chromalloy Component Services, Inc. File: B-417362.2 Date: November 6, 2019 William M. Weisberg, Esq., Law Offices of William Weisberg, for the protester. Colonel Patricia S. Wiegman-Lenz, Esq., Michael J. Farr, Esq., and Waynette L. McKay, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging requirement in solicitation as impossible to meet is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably expected that offerors would be able to meet the requirement. DECISION Chromalloy Component Services, Inc. (Chromalloy), of San Antonio, Texas, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8122-19-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Air Force, for the remanufacture of F1 08 low pressure turbine assembly modules. The protester contends that the solicitation includes a requirement that no offeror can meet and is structured in a manner that will result in offerors submitting unbalanced pricing. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on January 16, 2019, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 15, contemplates the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, to be performed over a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. Agency Report (AR), Tab 25, RFP amend. 8 at 1, 3-5. The Air Force's requirement concerns the remanufacture of Air Force module 13/15 for use in the F1 08 engine. Id. at 73; Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2. This module, part of the low pressure turbine (LPT) major module in the F108 engine, converts hot gas pressure and velocity into mechanical power to drive the fan rotor and booster assembly, and

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