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B-417704.5 1 (2019-12-20)

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GAOU.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
                                         1been approved for public release.


Matter of:   DynCorp International LLC

File:        B-417704.5

Date:        December 20, 2019

David M. Nadler, Esq., Justin A. Chiarodo, Esq., Stephanie M. Harden, Esq., and
Carolyn Cody-Jones, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for the protester.
Stephen C. Edinger, Esq., and Melissa K. Erny, Esq., Department of Homeland
Security, for the agency.
Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the proposed corrective action taken in response to earlier protests
is denied where the agency had a reasonable basis for the scope of proposal revisions
that would be permitted.
DECISION

DynCorp International LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas, protests the corrective action taken in
connection with request for proposals (RFP) No. 70B02C1 8R00000063, issued by the
Department of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection
(CBP), for national aviation logistics and support. The protester maintains that the
proposed corrective action is unreasonable.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency has a diverse fleet of aircraft necessary to accomplish its mission of border
protection. CBP requires aircraft maintenance and logistics support to ensure its aircraft
are available where and when required. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP at 102. To
procure those services, this RFP was issued on June 1, 2018, with a closing date of
July 27, 2018. Id. at 1. The solicitation contemplated the award of a single hybrid
(fixed-price and cost-plus-incentive-fee) contract with a 12-month base period and nine
1-year options. Id., attach. 2, Quality Assurance Plan, at 5. Award was to be made to
the offeror whose proposal was most advantageous to the government, considering

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