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B-416448 1 (2018-07-17)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                   Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                              of the United States
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                                             DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                   a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                           been approved for public release.


Matter of:   Chloeta Fire, LLC

File:        B-416448

Date:        July 17, 2018

Steven J. Koprince, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., Shane J. McCall, Esq., and Nicole
D. Portroff, Esq., Koprince Law, LLC, for the protester.
Stuart Palley, for Stuart Palley Photography; Kari Greer, for Kari Greer Photography;
Dave Mills, for Dave Mills Photography; and Kristen Honig, sole-proprietor, the
intervenors.
Elin M. Dugan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that the agency applied unstated evaluation criteria is denied where the
record shows that the solicitation's terms contemplated an evaluation of each vendor's
experience based on whether it had previously provided similar services.

2. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the firm's experience is denied
where the record shows that agency reasonably did not consider the experience of the
firm's project manager and post production manager.

3. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the firm's quotation is denied where
the record shows that protester's past performance information was not similar in type,
scope, or complexity to the instant acquisition.
DECISION

Chloeta Fire, LLC, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, protests the establishment of blanket
purchase agreements with multiple other firms under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. 12024B18Q0005, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service for
wildland fire photography and videography services. Chloeta alleges that the agency
unreasonably evaluated its quotation.


We deny the protest.

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