AR, Jan. 31, 2014, at 2526; Tab 1, FAM Director Declaration, Jan. 28, 2014, at 7; Tr. 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. [10] The total estimated cost was based on the 5-year base period for a single aircraft. One exception to this requirement is where an agency determines that it is necessary to maintain a vital source of supply for industrial mobilization. [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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. The direct supervisors/managers are open door and good listeners. Coulson purchased six Boeing 737-300s from Southwest Airlines back in 2017. Id. It was retired by Southwest in August 2017, and transferred to Coulson Aviation later that month. at 466-67. In fact, there is simply no record--in the J&A or otherwise--of any assessment by the agency of Neptunes long-term viability. The Forest Service considers Neptune to be a vital supplier of airtankers. Coulson Aviation plans to modify the fuselage on the CH-47, cut the floor of the aircraft and install a 3,000-gallon tank, called the RADS-L (large). In sum, while the agency may not have entered into a settlement agreement promising to disregard applicable procurement statutes and regulations, the agencys subsequent decision to award a sole-source contract to Neptune so as to comply with the terms of the settlement agreement and avoid a Neptune-threatened lawsuit was without a reasonable basis. . Based on her review of all information, including the FI financial analysis, the SPE concluded that the planned sole-source contract award to Neptune for industrial mobilization reasons was not presently justified (Neptune didnt need a contract). | Overview Coulson . Foster Coulson of Coulson Aviation said, A brand new technology package will be installed before [the aircraft] go to work. The aircraft will receive upgrades to their cameras and mission systems, as well as new liveries. AR, Jan. 31, 2014, at 9. 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. Coulson Group April 10, 2022. As the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of OTC Markets, the total compensation of R Coulson at OTC Markets is $924,940. See, e.g., AR, Tab 34, Forest Service Email, Sept. 10, 2013, at 1. 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. Coulson Aviation operates the only aerial firefighting fleet in the world consisting of both fixed-wing and Type 1 rotary-wing aircraft. [21] AR, Tab 29, FI Financial Analysis, Aug. 2, 2013, at1. Specifically, in making her recommendation the SPE stated as follows: General Public policy, the Competition in Contracting Act, and the FAR promote competition to ensure a fair playing field for firms interested in doing business with the Federal government. Boeing 737-3H4. at 691. [1][2][3] The crash resulted in the first hull loss of a Boeing 737 in Australia.[4]. [17] Id. AR, Tab31, FI Email to USDA, Aug. 13, 2013, at 1. See 41 U.S.C. [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. Thus, the agencys J&A inaccurately described the services to be obtained from Neptune on a noncompetitive basis. [20] Id. N619SW, operated by Coulson Aviation, departed from Busselton Airport south of Perth on Australia's west coast at 15:32 local time today. Two C550s are awaiting upgrades now at the Coulson Port Alberni, B.C., base, while another is presently being repainted elsewhere in the Coulson crimson and white livery. 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. 18, 2014, at 7. 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. Please refer to the current fleet list to see each aircraft's individual age. A stand down may be undertaken when the operator believes there is something which might distract the pilots from safely completing their missions. fleet of Boeing 737 FIRELINERS, C-130 Hercules fire bombers, Today News Australia - Night Firefighting (https://youtu.be/7_2ip6H7rsQ). 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. 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. [a] description of the supplies or services required to meet the agencys needs (including the estimated value), [a] demonstration that the . [33] Id. . Crocker Coulson is a 53-year-old Brooklyn resident, Yale graduate, former Fulbright scholar, father, and ex-husband. A Forest Service technical evaluation board (TEB) evaluated offerors proposals. 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. Last updated: 1 February 2023 at 11:00am EST. Our highly experienced teams in Canada, Australia and the United States provide the worlds best performing and technologically advanced aerial firefighting apparatus. at657-693. One such example was the difference in Neptunes revenue projections detailed above. The protesters generally do not dispute that the Forest Service requires additional large airtankers to perform its firefighting mission. at 691, 696. It offers OTC Link Alternative Trading System, an interdealer quotation and trade messaging system; OTC Dealer, a real-time, front-end application that provides consolidated quotation, trading, and information system to attract and access market liquidity; OTC FIX, which uses the industry standard FIX protocol for quote submission, trading, and routing of execution reports; and OTC Link Electronic Communication Networks (ECN) that acts as the executing party on an agency basis in relation to transactions executed on the ECN's platform. They take very good care of their people. 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. Subsequently, the Forest Service realized that the sole-source contract promised to Neptune would require the approval of USDAs senior procurement executive (SPE). FI found that the fundamental difference was that RUS had solely relied on Neptune-provided financial projections while FI had had access to a wider range of information that allowed it to develop its own projections. On December 9, the ASA executed a J&A for the sole-source award to Neptune for two NextGen aircraft (for a 4-year base period with five 1-year options) at a total estimated price of $141,774,740. In this regard, the agency maintains that it cannot tolerate any further delay in acquiring additional NextGen airtankers for the 2014 fire season. 31, 1992, 92-2 CPD 29 at 3-4. 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. [1] On November30, 2011, the Forest Service issued request for proposals (RFP) No. at 457. 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. [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. By August 2, FI completed its assessment of Neptunes financial viability. In this regard, the protesters claim that the agencys actions have been motivated by the desire to fulfill the terms of a settlement agreement and to avoid a lawsuit by Neptune for allegedly breaching that agreement. [11] AR, Tab 11, Neptune Email to Contracting Officer, May 9, 2013. 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. 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 SPE was not the only agency official providing advice to the ASA. [34] AR, Feb. 19, 2014, at 3-7. Neptune subsequently protested to our Office on May 16 challenging all of the NextGen contract awards. 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. AG-024B-C-14-9000 to Neptune Aviation Services, Inc., of Missoula, Montana, by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Forest Service, for next generation (NextGen) large airtanker services for wildland firefighting support. at480-85, 525-28; AR, Tab 149, SPE Briefing Paper for ASA, Oct. 7, 2013, at 1-7. 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. On April 16, the TEB completed its reevaluation of offerors NextGen large airtanker proposals. at 700. Agency Post-Hearing Comments, Mar. The Forest Service contends that this immediate need for additional NextGen airtankers provided it with an industrial mobilization need in December 2013 when it decided to award Neptune a solesource, 9-year contract for NextGen airtanker services. A settlement agreement promising award of a contract on a sole-source basis in exchange for abandoning ongoing litigation, such as a bid protest, is not a permissible basis for restricting competition and excluding potential offerors. Only supported aircraft types that are active with this airline are included in the calculations. 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. 4890 Cherry Creek Road Port Alberni, B.C. at 138, 235. Id. at 53. 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. . A, Neptune Rate Sheet. 41 U.S.C. 001, May 15, 2013, at B-21. OTC Markets Group Inc. was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in New York, New York. The FireLiner conversion is scheduled to be completed in May 2021 in time for the next fire season in North America. [29] The J&A also stated that no other sources had expressed interest in this acquisition, but then acknowledged the agency had made no effort to solicit responses from any other sources before making its determination. Tr. Moreover, given the contract options available to the Forest Service under the competitively-awarded NextGen contracts, Neptune may no longer represent a vital source that must be maintained by the Forest Service after 2017. 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Coulson points to the fact that in October 2013 it offered to provide the Forest Service with two additional large airtankers under the NextGen contract, and argues it would be available and ready to perform by an April28, 2014, start date (as established by the contract awarded to Neptune). at 45. 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. [18] The settlement agreement specified that the contract to be awarded to Neptune would be the same duration as the NextGen contract awards (i.e., a 5-year base period with five 1-year options). The Forest Service will oppose any . AR, Feb. 19, 2014, at 3-4, 8. The two crew members aboardboth pilotssurvived with minor injuries and were taken to hospital. 29 Sep 1995. Tr. The J&A also failed to consider the additional large airtankers that Coulson had offered to make available to the Forest Service. Our Office confirmed the withdrawal of Neptunes protest and closed the file without rendering a decision on the protests merits. 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. R. Cromwell Coulson serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. [8] Neptunes fuel costs were not included in the 2013 Legacy contract rates, as fuel was again to be government-provided or separately reimbursed. Only two of the five NextGen contractors are now in compliance with the contract and providing operational airtankers. T: +255 76 898 8640. The NRE Undersecretary also stated that, insofar as USDA counsel had determined that awarding a sole-source contract here was permitted and Neptune had airtankers available, he strongly recommended the award of two NextGen aircraft to Neptune for up to 10 years. There are no executives at OTC Markets getting paid more. AR, Tab23, RUS Financial Analysis of Neptune, June 26, 2013, at 1-4. Earth Prop. [19] The settlement agreement was signed on the Forest Services behalf by its AQM Director, who was the head of the contracting activity. Servs., Inc., B-237742, Mar. 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 . 2020 Coulson Aviation is awarded a 5 year aerial firefighting contract for their Boeing 737 FIRELINER aircraft by the United States Forest Service (USFS). Similarly, the cost projections developed by FI assumed, per the terms of the Legacy contract, that Neptune would be reimbursed its fuel costs in addition to aircraft flight rates. The FireLiner conversion is scheduled to be completed in May 2021 in time for the next fire season in North America. On June 6, the Forest Service and Neptune entered into a written settlement agreement, under which the agency agreed to award Neptune a sole-source contract for two NextGen large airtankers in exchange for Neptune withdrawing its protest (and thereby ending the CICA stay of the NextGen contract awards). Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fla. Those plans fell through, but the plane may still find its way to a museum. Id. The Forest Service also made a Legacy contract award to Minden for one P2V aircraft. . AR, Jan. 31, 2014, at34-54. At no time before the J&A was approved were FIs conclusions disputed or shown to be in error. Although not stated in the award abstract, based on all aircraft and performance period options, the total amount per CLIN was approximately $350-$400 million. Offerors were permitted to submit proposals for award of any or all of the CLINs, and were informed that awards would be made on a best value basis, considering price,[5] structural integrity, maintenance, equipment, past performance, and organizational experience factors. Subsequently, the Forest Service amended the NextGen solicitation and received revised proposals from offerors. Moreover, had the agency used this separate authority as the basis for its noncompetitive contract award, the agency would have been required to request offers from as many potential sources as is practicable under the circumstances. On December 2, the SPE provided the ASA with a detailed memorandum and documents in support of her recommendation that he not approve the J&A. [24] The SPE testified that, in the meetings she attended, she heard no rationale advanced for a sole-source award to Neptune that she had not previously considered, and no rationale that she believed properly justified such an award. Id., 21.8(f)(1). This redacted version has been approved for public release. The newest addition to our fleet are the Coulson modified 737 FireLiner aircraft. [5][2][4], Following the accident, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau announced that a team was being assembled from Perth and Canberra to investigate the crash. The Forest Service has determined that based on all the above reasons, it has become necessary to invoke this authority with respect to Neptune Aviation, whose resources and equipment must be available to provide key services if the Forest Service is to successfully fulfill its mission. 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. 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. [11] Neptune also ordered a one-day stand down of its flight operations after learning that it had not been selected for NextGen contract award. . at127-29, the agency decided not to override the stay. . [12] We dismissed Neptunes challenge to the awards related to CLINs 1-3 because Neptune was not an interested party to challenge awards under line items for which it had not submitted a proposal. AR, Jan. 31, 2014, at 32. See also Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-3. Alternatively, if the J&A was accurate here, then the contract awarded to Neptune impermissibly exceeded what the ASA had approved. See AR, Tab49, Neptune J&A, Dec. 9, 2013, attach. Following the evaluation of initial proposals, the agency submitted a number of questions to the offerors. As stated above, our review of an agencys decision to conduct a noncompetitive procurement focuses on the adequacy of the rationale and conclusions set forth in the J&A. Vertical and Vertical Valor are part of MHM Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved 2020 | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy. at 4. Planespotters.net 2023. [30] The $496,211,590 figure consists of Neptunes $70,887,370 total cost per aircraft times seven aircraft. When an agency uses noncompetitive procedures under 41 U.S.C. Tr. [33] In fact, the agency acknowledges that [t]he record demonstrates Neptune did not represent to the Forest Service, that it would immediately go out of business without a NextGen contract. AR, Feb. 19, 2014, at 5 (emphasis in original). AR, Tab 73, GAO Confirmation of Withdrawal (B-406920.8), June 7, 2013. FAR 6.302-2(c)(2). All rights reserved. . at 597, 615-16. Aircraft capable of meeting these standards and requirements are not readily available and would take a considerable amount of time to be developed and operationally ready for service. AR, Tab 49, J&A, Dec.9, 2013, at 4. We also recommend that the agency reimburse Coulson, 10 Tanker, and Minden the costs of filing and pursuing their protests, including reasonable attorneys fees. . AG-024B-C-14-9000 to Neptune Aviation Services, Inc., of Missoula, Montana, by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Forest Service, for next generation (NextGen) large airtanker services for wildland firefighting support. Get the latest business insights from Dun & Bradstreet. They do not include all outstanding orders as reported by aircraft manufacturers. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. By contrast, the second analysis conducted by FI--which did not simply accept Neptunes projections--found that Neptunes revenue projections were inconsistent with the terms of the Legacy contract, that Neptunes expected costs were lower than the company had itself projected, and that Neptune did not require a NextGen contract to remain viable through the term of the Legacy contract. Id. In 2017, the number of [large airtankers] under contract to the Forest Service will decrease from 16 to 7, with the expiration of the Legacy contracts, unless additional NextGen airtankers are procured from the current NextGen contractors. Neptune then withdrew its bid protest (the parties settlement agreement was not provided to our Office). . 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 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. Coulsons and 10Tankers protests were dismissed as academic. . Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc.; 10Tanker Air Carrier, LLC., B-406920 et al., Sept. 7, 2012. 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. The oldest executive at OTC Markets Group, Inc. is AndrewWimpfheimer, 63, who is the Director. at480. As detailed below, the Forest Service entered into a settlement agreement with Neptune on the basis that the award of a sole-source, NextGen-type contract was necessary to maintain Neptune as a vital source of large airtankers. On June 3, RUS provided USDA with its financial viability review of Neptune. [15] The Forest Service had USDAs Rural Utilities Service (RUS) analyze Neptunes continued financial viability based on the information provided by Neptune.[16]. After also finding Neptunes expected costs to be lower than the companys projections, FI concluded that Neptune would have the financial capacity to operate and continue performing on its in-place Legacy contract with the Forest Service through, at a minimum, calendar year 2016, without any further contract awards. The aircraft was the 2762nd 737 built, and was delivered new to Southwest Airlines in November 1995. Coulson Aviation Australia | 3,766 followers on LinkedIn. 21.0(a)(1), 21.1(a) (2013); Cattlemens Meat Co., B-296616, Aug. 30, 2005, 2005 CPD 167 at 2 n.1. Tr. Theres no evidence to support the assertion that Neptune would not be able to meet an emergency need for aircraft. [13] The FAM is the Forest Service program office that determines what aviation resources are needed to fulfill the agencys firefighting mission. Coulson GroupCoulson AviationCoulson Ice BlastCoulson Unical, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgCgo-cpQxk, Coulson Aviation Australia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgCgo-cpQxk). 3. Nine offerors, including Neptune, Coulson, 10 Tanker, and Minden, submitted proposals by the February 15, 2012, closing date. Agency Report (AR), Tab 143, Forest Service Large Airtanker Modernization Strategy, Feb. 10, 2012, at2. Neptune, however, rejected all offers that differed materially from the terms of the parties settlement agreement. In order for a protest to be considered by our Office, a protester must be an interested party, that is, an actual or prospective offeror whose direct economic interest would be affected by the award or failure to award a contract. Rather, the protesters challenge the reasonableness of the agencys determination that the sole-source contract here is necessary to maintain a vital source of supply. 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