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B-414566.2 1 (2017-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtre0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Simplex Aerospace File: B-414566.2 Date: August 8, 2017 Mark D. Zimmerman for the protester. Captain Justin D. Haselden, and Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation requirements favor a particular company and are unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the agency demonstrates that the requirements are reasonably necessary to meet the agency's needs. DECISION Simplex Aerospace, of Portland, Oregon, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8504-17-R-0008, issued by the Department of the Air Force for the design, manufacture, and installation of a 3,500 gallon retardant delivery system (RDS) on seven HC-1 30H aircraft. The protester argues that the RFP contains terms that favor a particular company and are unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), is responsible for protecting national forest lands from wildfires and, by agreement with other agencies, assists in protecting other jurisdictions as well. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2. In this capacity, the USFS uses air tankers to drop and build retardant lines to aid ground firefighters in controlling wildfires. Id. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014 directed the transfer of seven demilitarized United States Coast Guard HC-130H aircraft to the Air Force. Pub. L. No. 113-66, div. A, title X, subtitle I, § 1098, 127 Stat. 672, 881-882. (Dec. 26, 2013). The NDAA directed the Air Force to perform center and outer wing-box replacement modifications, programmed

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