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B-297904.2 1 (2006-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasod0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Starlight Corporation, Inc. File: B-297904.2 Date: April 14, 2006 Susan K. Chelsea, Esq., and R. Patrick McCullough, Esq., McCullough & Associates, APC, for the protester. Brian A. Darst, Esq., for Empire Aircraft Services, Inc., an intervenor. Maj. Derek S. Sherrill, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency had reasonable basis for canceling request for proposals for aircraft services where solicitation was ambiguous with regard to the experience required resulting in possible prejudice to the competition and where one of the reasonable interpretations of the experience requirement overstated the agency's actual needs. DECISION Starlight Corporation, Inc. protests that the Department of the Air Force improperly canceled request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4479-05-R-0001, for aircraft services at McChord Air Force Base, Washington. We deny the protest. The aircraft services requested under the RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, include transient alert; aircraft wash, lubrication and corrosion control; follow me/special purpose vehicles; de-icing, glycol recovery services, and wash water clean up; and emergency or warfare contingency operation services. Starlight was awarded the contract, and Empire Aircraft Services subsequently protested the award to our Office, alleging that the agency deviated from the stated evaluation criteria, which assertedly required certain experience. The agency notified our Office that it would be taking corrective action by reevaluating the offers, and our Office dismissed the protest. After reevaluating the proposals, the agency again determined to make the award to Starlight. Empire filed another protest with our Office on essentially the same basis. In response, the Air Force decided to terminate

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