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B-405940 1 (2012-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadolv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General LAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. File: B-405940 Date: January 12, 2012 Ronald V. Montano, for the protester. Mark Machiedo, 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 Protest that agency unreasonably rejected protester's bid for not meeting solicitation requirements is sustained, where invitation for bids did not restrict bids to specific types of chillers or refrigerants and record does not support that agency reasonably considered protester's bid. DECISION Veterans Contracting Group, Inc. (VCG), of Mamaroneck, New York, protests the rejection of its bid and the award of a contract to Regiment Construction Corp., of Elizabeth, New Jersey, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA-243-1 1-1B-0284, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to replace a chiller at the VA's New York Harbor Medical Center. VCG contends that the agency improperly rejected its bid. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The VA published the IFB on August 16, 2011, as a total set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1; Agency Report (AR), Tab 17, IFB, at 6. The IFB contemplated the award of a contract to replace an existing chiller with a new 1,200 ton water cooled refrigerant chiller and related mechanical, electrical, and architectural work, with one year of service and maintenance for the chiller. Id. at 7. The IFB included 384 pages of specifications and drawings detailing various aspects of the chiller replacement project. See AR, exh. 6, Specifications; AR, exh. 7, Drawings, at 1-14. With regard to the chiller specifically, the IFB's specifications stated:

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