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B-417926, B-417926.2 1 (2019-11-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeahg0001 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 Decision Matter of: 49er Pressure Wash and Water Service, Inc. File: B-417926; B-417926.2 Date: November 27, 2019 John Sasser for the protester. Melissa D. McClellan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly found protester's quotation ineligible for award is denied where the agency's interpretation of the solicitation's terms was reasonable. DECISION 49er Pressure Wash and Water Service, Inc., a small business located in Angels Camp, California, protests the decision of the Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service, to find its quotation ineligible for award under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 129J6119Q7005, for water handling services. The protester argues that the Forest Service unreasonably found its quotation ineligible for award in violation of the solicitation's terms and the agency's prior practices. We deny in part and dismiss in part the protest. BACKGROUND The Forest Service issued the RFQ on March 29, 2019, as a set aside for small business concerns, using the commercial item procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12. RFQ at 1. The solicitation seeks the services of water tenders and engines to support emergency incidents on a local, regional, and nationwide basis. RFQ at 19. These services include dust abatement, such as watering down traveled areas, and providing water to other firefighting equipment (including engines, crews' backpacks, portable helicopter dipping tanks, and storage bladders). Agency Report (AR) at 1.

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