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B-420950,B-420982,B-421019 Nov 18, 2022 1 (2022-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaonya0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 D ecisio n ;a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Brainerd Helicopters, Inc., d/b/a Firehawk Helicopters, Inc. File: B-420950; B-420982; B-421019 Date: November 18, 2022 Kevin R. Garden, Esq., The Garden Law Firm, P.C., for the protester. Tyler Ellis, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's use of a lowest-priced, technically acceptable evaluation scheme to procure requirements is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably exercised its judgment in establishing the solicitation's source selection methodology. DECISION Brainerd Helicopters, Inc., doing business as Firehawk Helicopters, Inc., a small business of Leesburg, Florida, challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) Nos. 1202SA22R9203, 1202SA22R9201 and 1202SA22R9202, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for helicopter support services for wildland fire management. The protester argues that the solicitations improperly provide for awards to be issued on a lowest-priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) basis. We deny the protests. BACKGROUND The Forest Service has managed wildland fires on national forests and grasslands for over 100 years. Memorandum of Law (MOL) at 1.1 To aid the effective management of 1 We note the arguments made by the parties were similar across all three protests and the records consist of nearly identical documents. Throughout this decision, where a particular argument has been raised only in a specific protest, we will identify the argument as it relates to that protest. Otherwise, where an argument has been

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