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B-421376,B-421376.2 Apr 12, 2023 1 (2023-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaoomo0001 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: K2 Aerial Applications, LLC File: B-421376; B-421376.2 Date: April 12, 2023 David W. Cramer, Esq., MB Law Group, LLP, for the protester. William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's challenge of the agency's evaluation of its quotation as technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of awardee's quotation is dismissed where the protester is not an interested party to maintain its allegations. DECISION K2 Aerial Applications, LLC (K2), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business of Echo, Oregon, protests the award of a contract to Valley Air, LLC (Valley Air), of Caldwell, Idaho, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 140L2623Q0003, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), for the distribution of sagebrush and other plant seed. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations and resulting award decision. We deny the protest in part, and dismiss it in part. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on December 5, 2022, as a combined synopsis/solicitation for the acquisition of commercial items under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, using the simplified acquisition procedures set forth in FAR part 13.

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