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B-409975 1 (2014-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqpx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Encompass Group, LLC File: B-409975 Date: September 30, 2014 H. K. Tyler Jr., Encompass Group, LLC, for the protester. Bridget E. Grant, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's decision to use the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program to meet its requirement for operating room towels is denied where the record shows the agency complied with the applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions concerning competition and market research. DECISION Encompass Group, LLC, of Chicago, Illinois, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA1 19-14-Q-0077, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to vendors under either the General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), or the VA FSS, 1 for operating room (OR) towels. Encompass contends that the VA unreasonably limited the competition to FSS vendors because: (1) the required items are not available on the FSS; (2) the agency did not consider whether products that comply with the Trade Agreements Act are available under the FSS; and (3) the solicitation does not address Food and Drug Administration regulations that the protester contends applies to the OR towels. 1 The FSS provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 state that both GSA and the VA (through a delegation of authority by GSA) may direct and manage multiple award schedules. FAR §§ 8.401, 8.402(a). References to the FSS herein are to both the GSA and VA schedule programs, unless otherwise noted.

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