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B-411306.2,B-411306.5 1 (2015-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrhh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AL G A 0 Comptroller General ra, n- Accountablity * 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. D e c is io n ...................................................................................................................... Matter of: Erickson Aero Tanker File: B-411306.2; B-411306.5 Date: July 29, 2015 Rachel B. Trinder, Esq., and Jol A. Silversmith, Esq., Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P., for the protester. Melissa D. McClellan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Inclusion of a solicitation requirement for a safety-related system was reasonable, even though the requirement was waived during performance of the predecessor contract, where the record shows that the requirement is reasonably related to the agency's needs on the follow-on procurement. 2. Solicitation requirement that an offeror must submit certified aircraft weight and balance information at the time of pre-award inspection does not unduly restrict competition where the record shows that the requirement is reasonably related to the agency's needs. DECISION Aero Air, LLC, d/b/a Erickson Aero Tanker, a small business, of Hillsboro, Oregon, challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-024B-S-15-9003, which was issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for next generation (NextGen) large airtanker services for wildfire firefighting support.' Aero 1 This procurement is referred to as the NextGen 2.0 procurement because it is the follow-on procurement to the previous NextGen 1.0 procurement. The Forest Service previously competitively awarded contracts to five firms, including one to Aero Air, for airtankers under RFP No. AG-024B-S-1 1-9009, and made an additional sole-source award to another firm. See Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc., et al., B-409356.2 et al., Mar. 31, 2014, 2014 CPD T 106 at 4-5, 13-14. Our decisions in Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc., et al., supra, and Coulson Aviation (USA) (continued...)

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