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B-420682.2,B-420682.3 Sep 26, 2022 1 (2022-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaonqu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                       Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                 of the United States
Decision
Matter of: Gulf Master General Trading, LLC
File:     B-420682.2; B-420682.3
Date:     September 26, 2022
Gary Collora, Gulf Master General Trading, LLC, for the protester.
Norah Molnar, Esq., and John O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for Star Capital Defense
Contracting and General Maintenance, LLC, the intervenor.
Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Isabelle P. Cutting, Esq., Siobhan Donahue, Esq., and
Danelle McGinnis, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of awardee's price is dismissed where
challenges to certain contract line items are untimely and the remaining allegation of
unbalanced pricing fails to state a legally sufficient basis of protest.
DECISION
Gulf Master General Trading, LLC, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, protests the
issuance of a purchase order to Star Capital Defense Contracting and General
Maintenance, LLC, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. FA5706-22-Q-0005, issued by the Department of the Air Force for solid
waste management services. The protester primarily challenges the agency's
evaluation of Star Capital's price.
We dismiss the protest.
BACKGROUND
The solicitation, issued on February 21, 2022, anticipated issuance of an order,
pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 13, for
the supervision, personnel, equipment, transportation, material, and other items and
services necessary to perform integrated solid waste management services at Al Dhafra
Air Base, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS)

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