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B-410726 1 (2015-02-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqxs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Encompass Group, LLC File: B-410726 Date: February 2, 2015 H. K. Tyler, Jr., Encompass Group, LLC, for the protester. Bridget E. Grant, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's decision to set aside a solicitation for small business federal supply schedule holders is denied where the agency's market research demonstrated that multiple small businesses could provide the items and expressed interest in competing for the requirement. 2. Protest alleging improper bundling under the Small Business Act is denied where the requirement was set aside for award to a small business and there was expression of interest by small businesses. DECISION Encompass Group, LLC, of McDonough, Georgia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA1 19-14-Q-0221, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to both General Services Administration (GSA) and VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) holders, for bed linens.' Encompass contends that the VA's decision to set the procurement aside for small businesses was unreasonable. The protester also argues that the agency improperly bundled the requirements. We deny the protest. 1 The FSS provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 state that both GSA and 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 GSA and VA schedule programs, unless otherwise noted.

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