[31] The USDA contends, citing to our decision in Merlin Intl, Inc., B-310611, Jan. 2, 2008, 2008 CPD 66, that a protester is not an interested party to challenge a sole-source award unless it can meet all of the agencys requirements at the time of the sole-source determination. 001, May 15, 2013, at B-21. The agency justified the sole-source award under 41 U.S.C. The SPE made a series of requests of the Forest Service for additional information, including Neptunes financial statements and balance sheets, Neptunes Legacy contract, and documents related to the NextGen procurement. On May 6, the Forest Service announced its intent to make the following awards: AR, Tab 70, NextGen Contract Award Abstract, May 6, 2013. To the extent the agency believed an urgent need for large airtanker services would justify a noncompetitive 9-year contract, there is no analysis or explanation in the record demonstrating that this is so.[38]. at 469-70; AR, Tab 145, FAM Email to USDA, Sept. 3, 2013. A global leader in aerial firefighting, emergency personnel transport and other industrial heavy lift operations. bid protest [challenging the award or performance of the Neptune contract] with no less vigor than that applied in any other bid protest filed against it. Tr. . They do not include all outstanding orders as reported by aircraft manufacturers. Fort Worth, TX: 69 : PROFESSIONAL AIRLINE SERVICES: Doral, FL: 42 : SOUTHWEST AIRLINES: Dallas, TX: 41 : UNITED . at127-29, the agency decided not to override the stay. Although the J&A documents the agencys belief that Neptune is, presently, a vital supplier of large airtanker services under Neptunes Legacy contract,[35] the J&A is devoid of evidence or analysis supporting the need to provide Neptune with a sole-source award for the firm to remain a viable source of supply. Subsequently, the Forest Service amended the NextGen solicitation and received revised proposals from offerors. Agency Post-Hearing Comments, Mar. AR, Feb. 19, 2014, at 17. Protests of the award of a sole-source contract for firefighting airtanker services under the industrial mobilization exception to the requirement to conduct a competitive procurement are sustained where the sole-source contract resulted from a settlement agreement in exchange for the awardees withdrawal of an earlier protest and the record does not contain an adequate justification reasonably supporting the agencys use of noncompetitive procurement procedures. In a subsequent meeting conducted by the SPE, RUS employees generally agreed with the FI findings and conclusions. See Tr. As explained below, the record does not support the USDAs decision to award a sole-source contract to Neptune for industrial mobilization purposes. [1] Our decision in Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc.; 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC--Costs, B406920.6, B-406920.7, Aug. 22, 2013, 2013 CPD 197, provides additional details concerning the history of this procurement. This time the air tanker descended two times over the fire zone, crashing at 4:14 pm, while executing the second descent in the Fitzgerald River National Park. at 67.[4]. Our fleet currently features custom designed Hercules C-130s, Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, Boeing Chinook CH-47 helitankers, Sikorsky Black Hawk UH-60 helitankers, and our custom-converted Boeing 737 FireLiner fleet equipped with our proprietary RADS-XXL technology. Neptune Comments, Feb.24, 2014, at 3-5, citing AR, Tab 150, Neptune Financial Assumptions, May 29, 2013 ([b]ased on denial of contracts under the Next Generation Airtanker Services Solicitation, Neptune is now faced with extinction after the expiration of the Legacy Contracts). See 31 U.S.C. [10] The total estimated cost was based on the 5-year base period for a single aircraft. In this regard, however, the J&A did not address the fact that both 10Tanker and Coulson had previously approached the Forest Service about adding additional airtankers to their NextGen contracts (two additional airtankers in the case of Coulson), and that 10Tanker had delivered a second certified airtanker to the Forest Service for the 2013 fire season. Get both those planes back in the air and putting out the US Fires. E: cg@coulsongroup.com . CICAs overriding mandate is for full and open competition in government procurements, obtained through the use of competitive procedures. Id. NI Indus., Inc., Vernon Div., B-223941, Dec. 15, 1986, 86-2 CPD 674 at 3. at 4-5. Canada V9Y 8E9. With our total integrated approach, we are able to provide our customers with a safe, world-class program, 24 hours a day.. [34] AR, Feb. 19, 2014, at 3-7. The newest addition to our fleet are the Coulson modified 737 FireLiner aircraft. 3304(e); FAR 6.302-3(c), 6.303, 6.304; Sabreliner Corp., B-288030, B-288030.2, Sept. 13, 2001, 2001 CPD 170 at5. . . Tr. [22] The agency subsequently provided Neptune with copies of both the RUS and FI financial analyses reports. On April 16, the TEB completed its reevaluation of offerors NextGen large airtanker proposals. 3304(a)(3), and will comply with all related statutory and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements, including, but not limited to, CICA, and FAR 6.303-6.305. Mr. Coulson is responsible for the Companys overall growth and strategic direction and has led the transformation of the company into an operator of regulated financial markets for U.S. and global companies. 16, 2013. On August 26, the Forest Service informed Neptune that the SPE would not approve the sole-source contract contemplated by the parties settlement agreement, insofar as the financial analysis of the additional documents provided by Neptune indicated that the company was financially viable without such a contract. See 41 U.S.C. They hire quality people to ensure they stay a quality Company. We find the J&A to be incomplete and inaccurate in certain key regards. 41 U.S.C. Neptune would undoubtedly prefer the financial security that would accompany a long-term NextGen contract, but this is simply not the standard by which an agency is permitted to make a noncompetitive award for industrial mobilization purposes. During a visit by Skies to the water bomber base at Sproat Lake, B.C., two of the four Hawaii Mars engines were receiving maintenance. See AR, Jan. 31, 2014, at 55. See Ridgeline Indus., Inc., supra; Minowitz Mfg. Boeing 737-3H4. at 6-7. [37] Moreover, while FIs conclusions were limited to the period through 2017, at no time did the agency conduct any other analysis to determine Neptunes financial viability after 2017. Tr. One exception to this requirement is where an agency determines that it is necessary to maintain a vital source of supply for industrial mobilization. AR, Tab 148, Neptune Settlement Contract Offer, Oct. 31, 2013. Executive Candidate Assessment and Development Program. Our highly experienced team of aerial firefighters are an invaluable firefighting asset for Australian emergency services authorities as they fight to protect human lives, infrastructure, wildlife and vegetation. Elin M. Dugan, Esq., Inga Bumbary-Langston, Esq., Shawn S. McGruder, Esq., Mark G. Garrett, Esq., and Melissa D. McClellan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. At the end of the first day of the hearing, the GAO hearing official noted that the testimony thus far appeared to support the protesters arguments that the communications between the agency and various offerors were discussions rather than clarifications, as described by FAR 15.306. There are no executives at OTC Markets getting paid more. As detailed below, the record indicates that the verbal representations of Neptunes CEO concerning the firms financial viability were relied upon by the Forest Service when determining the agencys actions. Alternatively, if the J&A was accurate here, then the contract awarded to Neptune impermissibly exceeded what the ASA had approved. Derek Heyes Photo. Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc.; 10Tanker Air Carrier, LLC., B-406920 et al., Sept. 7, 2012. Servs., Inc., supra. The determination of whether a party is interested to challenge a sole-source award involves considering, among other things, the basis of the sole-source award. at 55, 75; AR, Tab 1, FAM Director Declaration, Jan. 28, 2014, at 5. Nothing in the record refutes FIs conclusions, nor is there any evidence to suggest that Neptune intends to go out of business now merely because its future prospects appear uncertain. The TEB also provided award recommendations that were reviewed and accepted by the agencys source selection authority. Age. He received his BBA from Southern Methodist University in 1989 and holds an OPM from Harvard Business School. En route to the fires, the aircraft climbed to 29,000 feet (8,800m), before descending to around 700 feet (210m) over the fire zone once. First, RUSs conclusion, that Neptune needed a NextGen contract to remain viable, was based entirely on unverified financial projections as provided by Neptune. Neptune has supplied Next Gen type planes on the existing legacy contract and others could be added provided it is within the scope of that contract. Tr. [21] FI limited its formal conclusions regarding Neptunes financial viability through the 2016 time period because that is what the SPE requested FI to review. Options offered by the Forest Service to Neptune included: (1) adding two additional BAe-146 aircraft to Neptunes Legacy contract (beyond the eight large airtankers then being provided), AR, Tab 32, Forest Service Letter to Neptune, Aug. 26, 2013, at 2; and (2) offering Neptune a sole-source contract of such size that it could be approved below the level of the SPE (i.e., less than $62.5 million). [2][6], The aircraft involved in the crash was a 27-year-old Boeing 737-300, with serial number 28035 and registered as N619SW. The protesters argue that the sole-source contract awarded to Neptune, which was promised in exchange for Neptunes withdrawal of an earlier bid protest, is not justified. at 45. Both Coulson and Minden also point to the fact that the sole-source award to Neptune makes it less likely that the Forest Service would execute airtanker options under the competitively-awarded NextGen contract. By August 2, FI completed its assessment of Neptunes financial viability. Gen. LEXIS 735 at *12. AR, Tab 40, Forest Service Email, Nov. 7, 2013, at1-2. AR, Tab 67, NextGen RFP, at M-4. 2020 Coulson Aviation is awarded a 5 year aerial firefighting contract for their Boeing 737 FIRELINER aircraft by the United States Forest Service (USFS). AR, Tab 57, Neptune Letter to Contracting Officer, Apr. at 597, 615-16. Balanced Supply Source It is not clear how a noncompetitive award to Neptune would create a balanced source of supply . In a Coulson Aviation media release from Aug. 14, the company said: Since 2009 we have pioneered various intelligence programs focused on creating additional accountability and value for government agencies. Coulsons and 10Tankers protests were dismissed as academic. It seems like if were interested in creating a balanced source of supply we would award more air tankers to the other legacy contractor, Minden, or add more air tankers to the current Next Gen contractors versus issuing a noncompetitive award to an unsuccessful offeror. See FAR 6.3023(b)(iii) (when the quantity required is substantially larger than the quantity that must be awarded in order to meet the objectives of this authority, that portion not required to meet such objectives will be acquired by providing for full and open competition); Honorable Dan Burton, B-265884, Nov. 7, 1995, 1995 U.S. Comp. The protesters also point to the fact that the only legitimate financial analysis conducted (the analysis by FI) demonstrated that Neptune did not require a sole-source contract to remain viable, as recognized by the agencys SPE, who refused to approve the J&A. [21] AR, Tab 29, FI Financial Analysis, Aug. 2, 2013, at1. Where a federal agency makes a sole-source award for purposes of maintaining a particular source for an item or service, concern for maximizing competition is secondary to the agencys industrial mobilization needs. 14, 1990, 90-1 CPD 273 at 4-5, affd, B-237742.2, June 11, 1990, 90-1 CPD 546; Techplan Corp., B-234161, May 12, 1989, 89-1 CPD 452 at 5. Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc., of Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Minden Air Corp., of Minden, Nevada, protest the noncompetitive award of contract No. at 691. . Missouri Mach. See FAR 6.302-3; see also Lance Ordnance Co. Inc.; Martin Elecs., Inc., B-246849, B-246952, Mar. [32] While there is both documentation and testimony suggesting some USDA and Forest Service officials believed the sole-source award here was based on urgency (i.e., having enough large airtankers available for the 2014 fire season, see Tr. Subsequently, the Forest Service realized that the sole-source contract promised to Neptune would require the approval of USDAs senior procurement executive (SPE). 3304(a)(3)(A) (2006), which provides for a noncompetitive award to a particular source to maintain that supplier for a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization. Tr. Rather, the ASA believed there existed a professional disagreement between her view and his regarding the matter, and that the SPEs procurement expertise did not extend to understanding the Forest Services firefighting mission. Neptunes CEO was quite familiar with the FAM Director and other agency officials, as the CEO had been the Forest Services AQM Director until his retirement in December 2010. [8] AR, Tab56, Neptune Legacy Contract, at B-3 to B-21. Outdoor Venture Corp., B-405423, Oct. 25, 2011, 2011 CPD 241 at 2; Ridgeline Indus., Inc., B-402105, Jan. 7, 2010, 2010 CPD 22 at 3. E: cg@coulsongroup.com These firms are building both capacity and employees skills. T-137 was purchased in May 2019 by the NSW Rural Fire Service along with the two Coulson Citation II C550 support jets. and the results or a statement of the reason market research was not conducted. FAR 6.303-2(b)(3), (5), (8). Test Registration. Our pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, and logistics professionals are highly experienced individuals in the aviation industry. Likewise, Minden states that it owns a second aircraft (BAe-146) that it is converting into an airtanker, and would be able to submit a proposal should the Forest Service conduct another competitive procurement. Coulson Aviation puts employee and Aircraft safety as Job 1. at 536. 9 of the 16 potential [large airtankers] for 2014 are older and riskier to operate than newer NextGen airtankers. AR, Jan. 31, 2014, at 9 n.7; Tr. Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla. Those plans fell through, but the plane may still find its way to a museum. Further, it offers software, and risk and performance analytics tools for the banking and finance industry; news, compliance, and communications solutions; online capital raising solutions; and OTCIQ, a market intelligence and investor relations portal. Neptune currently has available and ready to operate two airtankers that meet the specifications of the NextGen contract. [16] The Forest Service believed RUS possessed financial expertise that could be of assistance. By contrast, Neptune did not provide any detail with its cost projections to RUS, so it is unclear if fuel is included, or if government reimbursement is considered. Id. His ex-wife, 53-year-old Anne Resnik is the daughter of the late Philip Morris. Canada V9Y 8E9. Tr. Neptune, however, rejected all offers that differed materially from the terms of the parties settlement agreement. After taking on a new retardant load, it took off at 1:50 pm for the second mission. After receiving the offerors responses, the TEB prepared an evaluation report that included the evaluators final consensus evaluation and analysis of the offerors evaluated prices. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 500 Trillium Dr., Unit 23, Kitchener, ON N2R 1E5 | Phone: 519-748-1591 | Toll-Free: 1-866-834-1114 | Fax: 519-748-2537 The company has over 160,000. On March 27, 2013, the Forest Service awarded Neptune a Legacy contract for five P2V aircraft for 5-years, and for one P2V and one BAe-146[7] aircraft for a base year with four option years, at a total estimated price of $180,252,600. Stay informed as we add new reports & testimonies. The protesters argue that the agency put the cart before the horse, and agreed to settle Neptunes protest before properly determining that the promised sole-source award complied with CICA. [9] AR, Tab61, Neptune Legacy Contract Mod. See e.g., AR, Tab 84, Forest Service Letter to Aero-Flite, Dec. 12, 2013. . . [15] Neptune also submitted various documents (e.g., business plan, historical balance sheets and cash flow statements) with its financial projections. Accepting the projected revenues and expenses as provided by Neptune on their face, RUS ultimately concluded that the only scenario in which the company could obtain a positive net income over the next 5years was where Neptune received two NextGen contract awards in addition to its current Legacy contract. at 691, 696. The NextGen RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, contemplated the award of multiple fixed-price contracts under seven contract line items (CLIN) for airtanker firefighting services on an exclusive-use basis. [12] AR, Tab 71, Neptune Protest (B-406920.8), May 16, 2013. The SPE had several conversations with the ASA in which she recommended that he not approve the J&A as there was not a valid justification for doing so. at 52. . . The company was formerly known as Pink OTC Markets Inc. and changed its name to OTC Markets Group Inc. in January 2011. Neptune currently provides eight of nine Legacy airtankers (this includes the two BAe-146 aircraft provided by Neptune for the 2013 fire season). Coulson made its airtanker available shortly thereafter, AR, Jan. 31, 2013, at 21, and the Forest Service accepted the cures proposed by the other contractors. The Forest Services procurement of NextGen airtanker services has a long and contentious history. The RUS noted that the information provided by Neptune did not include detailed expense projections or a balance sheet and cash flow projections for the next 5-year period. AR, Jan. 31, 2014, at 32. . AR, Tab23, RUS Financial Analysis of Neptune, June 26, 2013, at 1-4. Various internal meetings also took place among senior Forest Service and USDA officials, including USDAs Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment (NRE Undersecretary) and the Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA),[23] in an attempt to resolve the Neptune matter. at 2, 4. The USDA does not dispute that its consideration of a noncompetitive award to Neptune was motivated by its promise of a sole-source contract in exchange for Neptune withdrawing its bid protest and thereby ending the CICA stay that then precluded the Forest Service from fielding NextGen large airtankers for the 2013 fire season. The SPE was not the only agency official providing advice to the ASA. In addition to its current Legacy contract (including options for more airtankers being placed under the Legacy contract), Neptune is not precluded from competing on work--Forest Service or otherwise--in the coming years. These specific C550s were originally modified and equipped with military fire-control radar, sophisticated infrared cameras, custom instrument panels and law enforcement communication packages. The industrial mobilization exception to competition requirements may be used where an agency determines that it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source . [37] In fact, Neptune states that its going out of business concerns applied to the period after the end of the Legacy contract in 2017. Interested Party Status of Coulson and Minden. Neptune subsequently protested to our Office on May 16 challenging all of the NextGen contract awards. Rationale The rules do not support the issuance of a sole source award based on the fact that a firm did not win a competitive procurement or in exchange for a particular action, such as the withdrawal of a protest or [Freedom of Information Act] request. Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc.; 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC--Costs, supra, at 2. Shortly thereafter the Forest Service modified Neptunes Legacy contract and added an additional BAe-146 aircraft for the 2013 fire season at a total estimated price of $4,960,200. Required fields are marked *. The ASA also stated (repeatedly) that his rationale for the sole-source award to Neptune concerned the Forest Services ability to have enough large airtankers available for the 2014 fire season--not the viability of Neptune as a source of supply. Two of the C550 jets have been purchased by the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service in Australia and will make the long journey once the upgrades by Coulson are complete. 3304(a)(3)(A) (2006), which provides for a noncompetitive award to a particular source to maintain that supplier for a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization. Although the Forest Service had significant concerns about its ability to adequately respond to the 2013 fire season without the protested NextGen large airtankers being available, see Tr. On 6 February 2023, a Boeing 737-300 owned by Coulson Aviation and used as an air tanker crashed in the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia while fighting multiple fires. [vital] supplier . [28] See AR, Tab 49, Neptune J&A, Dec. 9, 2013, at 1-6. Coulson has not released any additional specific technological modifications or upgrades it is making to the aircraft. On June 3, RUS provided USDA with its financial viability review of Neptune. Further, USDA argues the fact that Neptune would not have Legacy-contract revenues after 2017 was so obvious as to not warrant any business analysis focused on the years after 2017. Agency Post-Hearing Comments, Mar. at 657-693. Please refer to the current fleet list to see each aircraft's individual age. Experience. 4 C.F.R. The Forest Service will oppose any . Robert K. Stewart, Jr., Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, for Neptune Aviation Services, Inc., the intervenor. The record also reflects that the NextGen contracts represent the primary, but not only, means by which the Forest Service plans to meet its modernization strategy goal of 18-28 modern large airtankers. Only supported aircraft types that are active with this airline are included in the calculations. The SPE did several things before taking any action on the Forest Services request. Within Tanzania he has a comprehensive corporate/commercial practice covering all aspects of non-contentious transactional . While it was conducting the NextGen large airtanker procurement, the Forest . On November 26, the NRE Undersecretary recommended the award of a sole-source contract to Neptune. Neptune and the Forest Service had significant communications during the period between when Neptune learned it would not receive a NextGen contract and Neptunes receipt of a sole-source contract. 3553(d)(3)(A), Neptunes protest triggered a stay of the NextGen contract awards pending our resolution of the protest. Consequently, the Forest Services belief that Neptune is a vital source, as documented in the J&A, is based upon Neptunes supply of Legacy large airtankers, which the NextGen contract awards were designed to ultimately replace. at 466-67. See Hearing Transcript (Tr.) at658), the agency acknowledges that the 9-year, sole-source contract awarded to Neptune was based on the industrial mobilization exception to CICA. File: B-409356.2; B-409356.3; B-409356.4; B-409356.5; B-409356.6. See AR, Tab 22, Contracting Officer Letter to RUS, June 25, 2013. AR, Tab67, NextGen RFP, atB-11. Critical to this justification are the following facts: 1. T: (250) 724-7600 F: (250) 723-7766. Vertical and Vertical Valor are part of MHM Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved 2020 | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy. For example, shortly before or after filing its protest, Neptunes CEO told the FAM Director that the company had made a significant investment in modern large airtankers and would go out of business without a NextGen contract award. Tr. When an agency uses noncompetitive procedures under 41 U.S.C. AR, Tab 44, SPE Memorandum to ASA Regarding Sole-Source Award to Neptune, Dec.2, 2013, at 1-112. [28] In fact, at the hearing conducted by our Office, the ASA testified that the financial analysis conducted by FI led [USDA] to an understanding that Neptune would not go out of business. Tr. Protecting Australia from bushfires with our state-of-the-art aerial firefighting fleet, pilots and support staff. Tr. 27.4 Years. [34] For this reason, the agency argues, the FI financial analysis, which did not look beyond a 5-year period, was not relevant or relied upon in the J&A. [14] Neptune had also previously made an advance payment request of $424,750 under its Legacy contract for cash-flow reasons (i.e., the lack of revenue in advance of the fire season). Specifically, the agency contends that Coulson and Minden did not have additional large airtankers available at the time the J&A was signed that would be capable of performing the requirements of the Neptune sole-source contract (which has an April 28, 2014, start date). Coulson's and 10 Tanker's protests were dismissed as academic. In responding to the protests, the agency has acknowledged that it was initially concerned that Neptune would immediately go out of business in during [sic] the 2013 fire season, leaving the Forest Service without any of the Legacy air tankers Neptune supplied under the contract awarded March 27, 2013. Agency Post- Hearing Comments, Mar. DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE As a preliminary matter, USDA argues that the Coulson and Minden protests should be dismissed because these protesters are not interested parties. at45253. Similarly, if the protesters were to prevail in their challenge and the agency decided to meet its requirements by exercising options available to it under the NextGen contract, the protesters would be interested and eligible to receive such orders. For example, our Office upheld a protest of a solesource award where an agency justified its failure to conduct a full and open competition on the basis that it had entered a settlement agreement promising the award of a contract in exchange for abandoning a threatened contract claim. The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. The independent financial analysis subsequently performed by FI on behalf of USDA concluded that Neptune did not require the award of a sole-source contract to remain financially viable. 3. [33] Id. [38] Any sole-source contract based on urgency presumably would have been 1 year in length (i.e., the 2014 fire season), not 9 years. Tr. AR, Tab54, Neptune Contract No. On June 13, the Forest Service made NextGen contract awards as follows: AR, Tab 71, Neptune Protest, May 16, 2013 (B-406920.8), exhib. at 457. at657-693. AR, Tab 43, NRE Undersecretary Memo to ASA, Nov. 26, 2013, at 1-2. Matter of: Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc.; 10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC; Minden Air Corp. After a period of storage and conversion, it began operating as an air tanker in July 2022.[7][8]. However, changing its focus during the course of the protests, the agency has also argued that its actual concern is whether it could obtain sufficient NextGen airtankers for the 2014 fire season. Tr. 18, 2014, at7. at 53. 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