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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                          of the United States




Decision


Matter of: David Jones, CPA PC

File:       B-414701

Date:       August 25, 2017

David Jones for the protester.
Jason A. M. Fragoso, Esq., Steven E. Devine, Esq., and Michael J. Kraycinovich, Esq.,
Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Frank Maguire, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest is sustained where agency unreasonably based its price reasonableness
determination on protester's price for a single line item.
DECISION

David Jones CPA PC (DJCPA), of Atlanta, Georgia, protests the failure of the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA)
with it pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA 19A-1 7-Q-0002, for Equal
Employment Opportunity (EEO) claims investigations for VA's Office of Resolution
Management (ORM).1 DJCPA argues the agency unreasonably excluded its quotation
from consideration for award based on a finding that one of the protester's line item
prices was not fair and reasonable.

We sustain the protest.




1 ORM provides EEO discrimination complaint processing services to VA employees,
applicants for employment, and former employees. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Exh.
11, Business Clearance Memorandum (BCM), May 4, 2017, at 2. The BPA for the EEO
Investigations requirement will provide contractor support to ensure that discrimination
complaints are processed fairly, promptly, and in compliance with governing law.
Contracting Officer's Statement/Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 2.

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