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B-403729,B-403768 1 (2010-10-15)

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  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548

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          Decision


          Matter  of:  Buy Rite Transport

          File:        B-403729; B-403768

          Date:        October 15, 2010

          Kenneth  E. Jenkins, Jr. for the protester.
          Matthew  V. Edwards, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that solicitations should have been set aside for veteran-owned small
          businesses instead of service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses is denied
          where  the agency reasonably determined, through a search of the Vetbiz database
          using the correct North American Industry Classification System code, the existence
          of significant numbers of potential offerors, and where under the prior solicitation
          the agency received more than two offers from service-disabled veteran-owned small
          businesses.
          DECISION

          Buy  Rite Transport, of Manteca, California, protests the Department of Veterans
          Affairs's (VA) decision to set aside exclusively for service-disabled veteran-owned
          small businesses (SDVOSB)  request for proposals (RFP) Nos. VA-261-10-RP-0301 and
          VA-261-10-RP-0282 for laboratory specimen courier services.

          We  deny the protests.

          BACKGROUND

          The agency's requirements for laboratory specimen courier services was originally
          issued under solicitation No. VA-261-10-RP-0178 as a veteran-owned small business
          (VOSB)  set-aside for the transportation of laboratory specimens between various
          locations within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System in California. Agency Report
          (AR) at 2. The VA's pre-solicitation notice for the procurement identified North

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