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B-420462.3,B-420462.4 Aug 05, 2022 1 (2022-08-05)

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


                                         DOCUMENT  FOR  PUBLIC RELEASE
                                       The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                               a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                       been approved for public release.

Matter of:  Virgo Medical Services, Inc.

File:     B-420462.3;   B-420462.4

Date:       August 5, 2022

Holly A. Roth, Esq., Daniel H. Petkoff, Esq., and Christopher A. Stevens, Esq., Polsinelli
PC, for the protester.
Deborah  K. Morrell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's experience and past performance
is denied where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.
DECISION

Virgo Medical Services, Inc., a small business located in East Orange, New Jersey,
protests the award of a contract to HVM Associates LLC, doing business as, AmbiCab
Medical Transportation, also of East Orange, New Jersey, under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. 36C24222Q0077,   issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for
ambulette and wheelchair transport services. Virgo challenges the evaluation of the
awardee's technical quotation and past performance, and the selection decision.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFQ,  issued on December 14, 2021, contemplated the award of a single
fixed-priced requirements contract for ambulette and wheelchair transport services for
veterans served by the VA New Jersey Healthcare System (NJHCS). Agency  Report
(AR), Tab 3, RFQ at 1, 56. The NJHCS, which includes 11 VA facilities, receives more
than 350 requests each month for patient transport services to deliver patients to their
appointments for life sustaining services such as cancer treatment and dialysis.
Memorandum   of Law (MOL) at 1-2.

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