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B-405492,B-405493 1 (2011-11-08)

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 SG            AO                                                    Comptroller General
,*Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability                             of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: Crosstown Courier Service, Inc.

          File:        B-405492, B-405493

          Date:        November 8, 2011

          Christopher J. Noyes, Crosstown Courier Service, Inc., for the protester.
          Harold W. Askins III, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Noah B. Bleicher, Esq. and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protests of sole-source awards to a service-disabled veteran-owned small business
          by the Department of Veterans Affairs are denied where the awards were properly
          made under the authority of the Veterans First Contracting Program.
          DECISION

          Crosstown Courier Service, Inc. (Crosstown), of Springfield, Massachusetts, a
          service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) protests the Department
          of Veterans Affairs' (VA) decision to award two sole-source contracts for courier
          services to Florida Courier Express, LLC (FCX), of Orlando, Florida, under
          solicitation Nos. VA-247-1 1-RP-0345 and VA-247-1 1-RP-0346.

          We deny the protests.

          BACKGROUND

          On August 1, the VA awarded FCX, an SDVOSB, two fixed-price requirements
          contracts for courier services on a sole-source basis. Contracting Officer's
          Statement (B-405492) at 1; Contracting Officer's Statement (B-405493) at 1. One
          contract, issued under solicitation No. VA-247-1 1-RP-0345, was for courier services to
          transport various items from nine community-based outpatient clinics to the VA

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