Air Tanker Maximum Capacity Restriction Is Unduly Restrictive Where Record Offers No Support of Necessity; GAO B-414987, Global SuperTanker Services LLC

Pre-award bid protest challenging the maximum tank size for firefighting air tankers as unduly restrictive of competition is sustained, where the agency failed to demonstrate that the restriction was reasonably necessary to fulfill the agency’s requirements, and where the solicitation provided for call when needed services, so the award of an additional basic ordering agreement posed zero risk to the agency.