Kaiterra Fire Systems LLC didn’t prove the US Forest Service’s $1.3 billion sole-source contract for aerial long-term fire retardant products and ancillary services unreasonably bundled the requirements, the GAO said in a decision released Thursday.
The Forest Service reasonably determined that getting the products and services from a single source—Perimeter Solutions LP—is needed to effectively fight wildfires, the Government Accountability Office said.
The GAO issued this decision the same day it dismissed Coulson Aviation USA Inc.'s protest of the contract. Coulson wasn’t an interested party that could protest because it doesn’t make a product that meets the government’s operational, safety, ...
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