Bailey's Premier Services, LLC

B-423066.3 Apr 15, 2026 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Bailey's Premier Services, LLC, a small business of Fort Worth, Texas, protests its non-selection for a multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA810824RB001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for maintenance services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal. We deny the protest. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Bailey's Premier Services, LLC File: B-423066.3 Date: April 15, 2026 Jeremy S. Scholtes, Esq., Lauren S. Fleming, Esq., and Kathryn J. Carlson, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for the protester. Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Jeffrey M. Lowry, Esq., and Michael P. Ols, Esq., Vedder Price P.C., for Amentum Services, Inc., the intervenor. Colonel Justin A. Silverman, Geoffrey R. Townsend, Esq., Major Princess Gaye, and Alexander S. Hall, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and April Y. Shields, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Bailey's Premier Services, LLC, a small business of Fort Worth, Texas, protests its non-selection for a multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA810824RB001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for maintenance services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the solicitation on June 24, 2024, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15 and FAR subpart 16.5. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 2; Agency Report (AR), Tab 8, RFP at 3.[1] The RFP sought maintenance services in support of the Contractor Field Team (CFT) program, which provides Department of Defense entities and other federal agencies with “the ability to rapidly augment existing organic maintenance efforts with contract maintenance services using the CFT Labor Augmentations Support Requirements (LASR) [IDIQ] [c]ontract.” AR, Tab 9, Performance Work Statement at 6. The solicitation anticipated the award of multiple CFT LASR IDIQ contracts with a base ordering period of five years and one 5-year option ordering period. AR, Tab 3, Source Selection Plan at 4. The solicitation provided for the issuance of task orders under the CFT LASR IDIQ contract vehicle in two different pools: a full and open competition pool, and a pool set aside for small businesses. AR, Tab 15, RFP amend. 0002 Section L at 1. The solicitation instructed offerors to indicate the pool for which they were competing, with small businesses eligible to compete in both pools. Id. at 2. The solicitation provided for award “utilizing the Highest Technically Rated Offerors (HTRO) Minimum Technical Threshold Rating (MTTR) approach.” AR, Tab 16, RFP amend. 0002 Section M at 1. The RFP established that the agency would evaluate three factors: certification, technical, and past performance. Id. at 3. The solicitation specified that the technical factor included two subfactors: an HTRO self-scoring matrix, and a small business participation commitment document (SBPCD). Id. To be eligible for award, the RFP required that offerors' proposals be rated acceptable under the certification factor, have a validated self-score at or above the minimum technical threshold rating of 40,000 points under the HTRO self-scoring matrix subfactor, be rated acceptable under the small business participation commitment document subfactor, and be rated acceptable under the past performance factor. Id. at 6. The RFP provided for a multi-step evaluation process. In the first step, the RFP advised that proposals would be evaluated on a pass/fail basis, considering whether offerors provided a current copy of the certification required by the solicitation. AR, Tab 16, RFP amend. 0002 Section M at 4, 6. Offerors rated as acceptable under this first step would then have their proposals evaluated under the technical subfactors. Id. at 4. In the next step, under the technical factor, HTRO self-scoring matrix subfactor, the RFP required offerors to submit a self-rated score; the solicitation established a minimum technical threshold rating of 40,000 points that offerors needed to meet or exceed to be eligible for award. Id. at 4-5. The point scores were based on the extent of an offeror's prior relevant work. Id. at 6.