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B-290969.2,B-290969.3 1 (2003-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyeq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General --- --Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: McKesson Automation Systems, Inc. File: B-290969.2; B-290969.3 Date: January 14, 2003 John A. Burkholder, Esq., and Richard B. Oliver, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for the protester. William A. Shook, Esq., Kelley P. Doran, Esq., and Michael F. Scanlon, Esq., Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, for Innovation Associates, Inc., an intervenor. Linda G. Sandoli, Esq., and Lynne E. Georges, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests that procuring agency improperly proposed award to a firm on a sole-source basis for the procurement and installation of a pharmacy robotic refill system is denied where the record shows that the agency's justification for concluding that only one responsible source could meet its needs is reasonable. DECISION McKesson Automation Systems, Inc. protests the proposed award on a sole-source basis to Innovation Associates, Inc. (IA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0200-02-R-8022, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), for the procurement and installation of IA's PharmASSIST robotic refill system at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. McKesson argues that the agency's use of a sole-source procurement to meet this requirement is improper. We deny the protests. In response to various reports and recommendations concerning the use of enhanced automation to improve patient safety, through the reduction of medication errors, and to improve the efficiency of pharmacy personnel, the Air Force Pharmacy and the Air Force Academy Pharmacy initiated market research into automated medication dispensing systems as early as 1999. This market research eventually extended to a detailed independent report that analyzed the automated pharmacy

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