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B-293582 1 (2004-04-13)

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United States General Accounting Office
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          Decision


          Matter of: AHNTECH, Inc.

          File:        B-293582

          Date:        April 13, 2004

          Sam Aln for the protester.
          Eric Kattner and Capt. Richard E. Alford, Department of the Air Force, for the
          agency.
          Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          1. Where solicitation advised offerors that agency intended to make award without
          discussions, but agency did issue clarification requests to offerors, protester's
          unsolicited proposal revisions in response to clarification requests did not convert
          clarifications into discussions.

          2. In determining whether protester's proposal demonstrated adequate management
          capabilities, agency reasonably found that proposal's failure to include plan for
          turn-in of significant quantities of former government furnished equipment and
          failure to offer sufficient fire protection personnel warranted elimination of proposal
          from the competition.
          DECISION

          AHNTECH, Inc. protests the agency's decision to eliminate its proposal from the
          competition under request for proposals (RFP) No. F02604-03-R-0041, issued by the
          Department of the Air Force for operations and maintenance (O&M) services.
          AHNTECH asserts that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal and improperly
          refused to allow the firm to revise its proposal.

          We deny the protest.

          The RFP sought proposals to provide all personnel, vehicles, equipment, tools,
          materials, supervision, and all items and services necessary to perform a variety of
          O&M services in support of the F-16 fighter pilot training program and supporting
          facilities at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field and Barry M. Goldwater Range at

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