Notice_of_Protest_28_November.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

National Interagency Fire Center

3833 S. Development Avenue Boise, ID 83705-5354

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File Code: 6320 Date: November 28, 2016

Re: RFP AG-024B-S-16-9009, National Type 2 IA Firefighter Crews Subject: Notice of Protest

All interested parties:

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 33.104, this letter serves as notification that GAO level protests have been filed by the following companies (for the following line items) against the award decision posted November 14, 2016:

Mountaineers Fire Crew – protested line item – 15A G.E. Forestry, Inc. – protested line items – 7B, 7C and 8B ASP Fire, LLC – protested line items – 9A and 9B Diamond Fire – protested line items – 3B, 7B, 7C, 8B and 15A White Horse Forestry, Inc. – protested line item – 12B

The protest that was filed with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have not yet been provided in a redacted version. Any communications you might want to have should be made directly with the GAO, and you should provide a copy of those communications to me and to any other parties when they become known.

Communications should be addressed to the General Counsel, Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20548, ATTN: Procurement Law Control Group.

Sincerely, Bryce Pitchford Contracting Officer