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U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
The decision issued on the date below was subject to
a GAO Protective Order. This version has been
Matter of: Resicum International LLC approved for public release.
File: B-421383
Date: March 22, 2023
Heather G. Hornsby, Esq, McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge LLC, for the protester.
Colonel Frank Yoon, Danelle M. McGinnis, Esq., and Ryan C. Springer, Esq.,
Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging evaluation of protester's proposal and exclusion from the
competitive range is denied because the agency's evaluation and competitive range
determination were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION
Resicum International LLC, a small business of Warrenton, Virginia, protests its
exclusion from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA3002-
22-R-0025 issued by the Department of the Air Force for flight training. Resicum
contends that it was improperly eliminated from the competition for failing to meet the
solicitation's requirements.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On August 23, 2022, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
parts 12 and 15, the agency issued a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial
services seeking Introductory Flight Training-Rotary (IFT-R) instruction. Agency
Report (AR), Tab 4a, RFP at 1.1 The solicitation explained that IFT-R is the first step in
the United States Air Force [USAF] Undergraduate Helicopter Training (UHT) process,
and provides air, ground, and simulation training to prepare students for follow-on
specialized rotary wing flight training. Id. The solicited effort was to provide IFT-R
initial qualification training (40 hours), instrument familiarization training (10 hours), and
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