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B-406640,B-406640.2 1 (2012-07-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoyc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Beyel Brothers, Inc. File: B-406640; B-406640.2 Date: July 18, 2012 Edward J. Kinberg, Esq., and R. Brent Blackburn, Esq., Kinberg & Associates, LLC, for the protester. S. Scott Bluestein, Esq., Bluestein Law Firm, P.A., for Northcliffe Ocean Shipping & Trading, Inc., the intervenor. Robert Elwell, Esq., Kimberly Foxx, Esq., Gordon Ivins, Esq., and Kelly McKallagat, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the awardee's proposed fuel price was unrealistically low fails to state a valid basis for protest where the solicitation provided for the award of fixed-price contract and did not provide for a price realism analysis. DECISION Beyel Brothers, Inc., of Cocoa, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Northcliffe Ocean Shipping and Trading Company, Inc. (NOSAT), of Saint Simons Island, Georgia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00033-1 1-R-5504, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command (MSC), for ship charter services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for the charter of a vessel to perform logistical support resupply services for the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, Andros Island,

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