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B-420425,B-420425.2 Mar 29, 2022 1 (2022-03-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaomys0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States 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: Empire Aircraft Services, Inc. File: B-420425; B-420425.2 Date: March 29, 2022 Brian A. Darst, Esq., for the protester. Lieutenant Colonel Keric Clanahan, and Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's award of a sole-source contract using simplified acquisition procedures is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably determined there was insufficient time to conduct even a limited competition to meet the agency's urgent requirements for aircraft wash and corrosion control services. DECISION Empire Aircraft Services, Inc. (Empire), a small business, of Summerville, South Carolina, protests the award of sole-source contract No. FA4497-22-P-0005 to Starlight Corporation, a small business, of Carlsbad, California, by the Department of the Air Force to provide aircraft wash and corrosion control services at Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Delaware. The protester contends that the sole-source award to Starlight is improper given that Empire is capable of performing the requirement. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The relevant background to the protest here begins with the Air Force's issuance, on June 30, 2021, of a related request for proposals (RFP), No. FA4497-21-R-0014, for the award of a 5-year contract for tow, wash, de-paneling, lubrication, and cleaning services for C-5 and C-17 aircraft at Dover AFB. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Contracting

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