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B-413890 1 (2016-12-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadswv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O 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 wassubjectto a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision ....-.-------------- Matter of: Coastal Defense, Inc. File: B-413890 Date: December 19, 2016 Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., and Gary S. Ward, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Col. C. Taylor Smith, and Erika L. Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated protester's proposal and unreasonably declined to enter into discussions with offerors is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria and the agency's decision not to enter into discussions was properly within its broad discretion. DECISION Coastal Defense, Inc. (CDI), of Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, protests the award of a contract to Blue Air Training, LLC, of Las Vegas, Nevada, by the Department of the Air Force under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4861-16-R-B002 for flight training services. CDI challenges the agency's evaluation of its own proposal and the agency's decision not to conduct discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on June 14, 2016, sought proposals to operate and maintain tactically-relevant aircraft for Close Air Support sorties in support of training for the 6th Combat Training Squadron and the Joint Terminal Attack Control Contract Close Air Support Training (JTAC CCAS Training) Program located at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. RFP Performance Work Statement (PWS) at T 1.1.1. One contract was to be awarded on a best-value basis considering technical,

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