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B-192488 1 (1979-03-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhai0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / /~~?\?THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL, DECISIONI31 _. . OF THE UNITED STATES ~J WAS H INGTO N O .C. 20548 1) L on , 95 FILE: B-192488 DATE: March 19, 1979 MATTER OF: Hasko-Air, Inc. O DIGEST: 4io A/ 6Lu,&~& ,eI~ 1. Agency may compare estimated operating costs over time-in-service of equipment offered by various manufacturers, so long as offerors are notified that such costs are among evalua- tion factors and estimate is reasonable. 2. Procuring agency is in best'position to deter- mine type of cleaning and inspection required for equipment manufactured under certificate permitting modification of aircraft engines; GAO will not substitute its judgment on this point, and requirements cannot be removed from certificate by means of bid protest. 3. Bid Protest Procedures are intended to provide due process to all interested parties, who are entitled to examine and comment on protest documents. Fact that agency released evalua- tion of protester's equipment to awardee, as part of report on protest, provides no reason for overturning award. Hasko-Air, Inc. (Hasko) has protested that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) improperly evaluated its offer for kits modifying Boeing 727 aircraft engines. The agency added $2,500, the estimated cost of cleaning, inspecting, and repairing Hasko's equipment over 4,000 hours-in-service, to the amount per kit quoted by Hasko, which otherwise would have been the lowest quoted. Upon review, we find that the addition of the $2,500 was both reasonable and in accord with the evaluation criteria listed in the solicitation, and that there is no legal basis for sustaining Hasko's protest on other grounds. The facts are as follows.

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