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B-400947.2 1 (2009-05-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadawl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Ahtna Support and Training Services, LLC File: B-400947.2 Date: May 15, 2009 Max D. Garner, Esq., and Thomas F. Klinkner, Esq., Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot, for the protester. Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., and Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for Goldbelt Falcon, LLC, an intervenor. Maj. Walter R. Dukes, and Alex Lopez, Esq., Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where the agency evaluated the awardee and the protester unequally by crediting the awardee with the experience of its subcontractor, but not similarly crediting the protester with the experience of its subcontractor, even though the agency viewed both subcontractors as having relevant experience. DECISION Ahtna Support and Training Services, LLC, of Anchorage, Alaska, a small business, protests the award of a contract to Goldbelt Falcon, LLC, of Newport News, Virginia, by the Department of the Army, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912NW-08-R-0013 for motor pool/support equipment operations services at Corpus Christi Army Depot, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Ahtna argues that the agency misevaluated past performance, and treated the protester and the awardee unequally in evaluating their experience operating a government motor pool. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The Army issued the RFP on May 27, 2008, seeking proposals to operate the motor pool at Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), which controls over 390 vehicles (including mobile equipment, such as forklifts and pallet stackers). The Performance Work Statement described several core duties, which included

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