Perimeter Solutions LP is cleared to perform a $1.3 billion sole-source contract to supply aerial long-term fire retardant products to the US Forest Service because a rival company is unable to provide a qualified product, the GAO said in a decision released Friday.
Protester Coulson Aviation USA Inc. isn’t an interested party that can protest the award because it doesn’t make a product that meets the government’s operational, safety, and continuity needs, the US Government Accountability Office said in a decision to dismiss.
Coulson’s hope that it can offer a qualified product before Perimeter’s five-year contract expires doesn’t fix this ...