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B-407904.4 1 (2014-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadruy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Crowley Technical Management, Inc. File: B-407904.4 Date: September 25, 2014 Dismas Locaria, Esq., James Y. Boland, Esq., and Nathaniel Canfield, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., and Patrick J. Stanton, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for Maersk Line, Ltd., an intervenor. Kristopher A. Fischer, Esq., and Tinelle S. Windham, Esq., and Patrick Mayette, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that in conducting cost realism analysis of proposed fuel costs for offered ships the agency was required to reduce the protester's price/cost to account for the fact that its proposed fuel costs, unlike the awardee's, included the fuel costs associated with carrying passengers, is denied where the resulting reduction would not change the award decision. DECISION Crowley Technical Management, Inc., of Jacksonville, Florida, protests the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command's (MSC) award of a contract to Maersk Line, Ltd., of Norfolk, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00033-13-R-2015, for a time charter of a United States flagged, twin shaft vessel to provide maritime support. Crowley primarily asserts that the agency did not properly evaluate the realism of the offerors' proposed fuel costs. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP required offerors to provide a vessel with certain features, including a flight deck and 46 passenger cabins capable of transporting 207 sponsor personnel in

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