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B-401888 1 (2009-12-08)

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 A       GA        O                                                  Comptroller General
f. A    Accountabity * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548

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          Decision


          Matter  of:  Chicago Dryer Company

          File:        B-401888

          Date:        December  8, 2009

          H. K. Tyler, Jr., for the protester.
          David W. Altieri, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Frank Maguire, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest challenging agency's determination that acquisition on sole-source basis is
          necessary to meet agency's needs is denied where protester fails to show that its
          equipment  would meet agency's compatibility requirements.
          DECISION

          Chicago Dryer Company   (CDC), of Chicago, Illinois, protests the issuance of a
          purchase order to G.A. Braun on a sole-source basis under request for quotations
          (RFQ)  No. VA-528-09-RQ-0247, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for
          a flatwork ironer. The protester asserts that it can provide a flatwork ironer that
          meets the agency's needs.

          We  deny the protest.

          On  September 9, 2009 VA posted a pre-solicitation notice on FedBizOpps advising of
          its intent to acquire a G.A Braun Delta 3S32 ironer, available only from G.A. Braun.
          Agency  Report (AR) exh. 4. The ironer was to be installed at the VA Medical Center
          at Canandaigua, New York. The  notice advised that the contracting officer had
          determined that the only reasonable source is G.A. Braun, since the item and size
          is only made by Braun and repairs and technical support is specific to G.A. Braun.
          Id. The contracting officer's Justification and Approval for Other than Full and Open
          Competition  (J&A) provided:

                 The ironer that is specified is required as a sole source item because it
                 includes a number of VA special options that are specific to each
                 individual laundry site. For example, the DeltaNet Interconnection

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