About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-418981 1 (2020-10-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebxp0001 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
                                              a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
Decision                                      approved for public release.


Matter of:   Erickson Helicopters, Inc.

File:        B-418981

Date:     October 22,   2020

Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Timothy F. Valley, Esq., Lauren R. Brier, Esq., and Anna
R. Wright, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester.
Jennifer S. Zucker, Esq., Danielle K. Muenzfeld, Esq., and Michael Pusateri, Esq.,
Greenberg  Traurig LLP, for Construction Helicopters, Inc. d/b/a CHI Aviation, the
intervenor.
Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., and Jason R. Smith, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the
agency.
Evan  D. Wesser, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's consideration of additional past performance
references personally known by the evaluators or identified from government databases
beyond the three references that the awardee was required to identify in its proposal is
denied where the solicitation specifically reserved the agency's right to obtain past
performance information from any sources available to the government.

2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the relevancy and quality of the
awardee's past performance is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable
and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Erickson Helicopters, Inc., of Portland, Oregon, protests the issuance of a task order to
Construction Helicopters, Inc. d/b/a as CHI Aviation, of Howell, Michigan, under request
for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. HTC71120FR044,  which was issued by the
Department  of Defense, U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM),   for rotary wing
casualty evacuation (CASEVAC)  and logistic movement support in Yemen. Erickson
challenges the agency's evaluation of CHI Aviation's past performance.


We  deny the protest.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most