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B-422758,B-422758.2 Oct 15, 2024 1 (2024-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqyv0001 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. File: B-422758, B-422758.2 Date: October 15, 2024 Paul Hawkins, Esq., J. Bradley Reaves, Esq., Beth V. McMahon, Esq., and Jacob D. Noe, Esq., ReavesColey, PLLC, for the protester. Amy C. Hoang, Esq., and Sarah E. Barney, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for Caterpillar, Inc., the intervenor. Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Misty L. Caldwell-Colen, Esq., and Jonathan G. Van Natter, Esq., Department of the Army, 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 that decision to award a sole-source contract lacks a proper basis is denied where the record supports the reasonableness of the agency's justification and approval of the sole-source contract award. DECISION Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (ADS), of Virginia Beach, Virginia, protests the agency's intent to award a sole-source contract to Caterpillar, Inc., of Peoria, Illinois, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912CH-24-R-0017, issued by the Department of the Army for service life extension program (SLEP) work on Caterpillar earthmoving equipment. ADS contends that the agency's decision to award this contract on a sole- source basis lacks proper justification. We deny the protest.

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