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B-419427 Feb 25, 2021 1 (2021-02-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaoljc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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 version has been - - - - - - approved for public release. Matter of: Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc. File: B-419427 Date: February 25, 2021 Rachel H. Parken, Esq., Milodragovich, Dale & Steinbrenner, PC, for the protester. Sheryl L. Rakestraw, Esq., Dana-Marie Akpan, Esq., and Alexander W. Fichtel, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc., a small business of Missoula, Montana, protests the award of a contract to Bighorn Airways, Inc., of Sheridan, Wyoming, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 140D8020R0010 issued by the Department of the Interior for smokejumper flight services for the Bureau of Land Management. The protester alleges that the agency erred in evaluating proposals and in its best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 18, 2020, the agency issued the RFP seeking smokejumper flight services using fixed-wing aircraft to support the agency's firefighting mission during the annual fire season. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The RFP contemplated the award of a single indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for a base year and four 1-year option periods. Agency Report (AR), exh. 3, Tab 1, RFP at 4. The solicitation provided that award would be made on the basis of a best-value tradeoff between four evaluation factors: (1) technical capability; (2) organizational safety; (3) past performance; and (4) price. Id. at 63. The RFP also noted that all non-price factors were approximately equal in importance, but, when combined, were significantly more important than price. Id.

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