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B-404164 1 (2011-01-13)

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  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548

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          Decision


          Matter  of:  Adelaide Environmental Health Associates, Inc.

          File:        B-404164

          Date:        January 13, 2011

          Stephanie A. Soter and John W. Soter, Adelaide Environmental Health Associates,
          Inc., for the protester.
          Tony A. Ross, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest is denied where agency reasonably downgraded protester's quotation for
          failing to provide sufficient detail regarding its proposed management approach and
          schedule.
          DECISION

          Adelaide Environmental Health Associates, Inc., of Brewster, New York, protests the
          Department  of Veterans Affairs' (VA) issuance of a task order to Aerosol Monitoring
          and Analysis, Inc., of Hanover, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA-
          245-10-RQ-0241, for a comprehensive asbestos survey at selected VA medical centers
          in the VA Capital Health Care Network. Adelaide challenges the evaluation of its
          quotation.

          We  deny the protest.

          The solicitation, issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 8.4,
          was  open to vendors holding General Services Administration (GSA) contracts under
          special item number 899-1 (Environmental Consulting Services). The RFQ
          contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price task order to conduct a comprehensive
          survey of VA medical centers in Maryland, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. for
          the presence of friable and non-friable asbestos-containing materials. The required
          work  was to be completed within 180 days of issuance of the task order. RFQ
          amend.  3, at 5.

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