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B-406262 1 (2012-03-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadore0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Crosstown Courier Service, Inc. File: B-406262 Date: March 21, 2012 Christopher Noyes, Crosstown Courier Service, Inc., for the protester. Kate Gorney, Esq., and Dennis Foley, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., Scott H. Riback, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST The Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine whether two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns can meet its requirement at a reasonable price before proceeding with a Federal Supply Schedule acquisition. DECISION Crosstown Courier Service, Inc. of Chicopee, Massachusetts, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concern, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA261 -11 -RQ-1 653, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for commercial courier services to transport diagnostic blood and urine specimens on a set schedule from outlying VA laboratories to the main VA laboratories in Palo Alto and Livermore, California. Crosstown asserts that the agency improperly failed to comply with the requirement of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, 38 U.S.C. §§ 8127-8128 (2006) (the VA Act), and its implementing regulations to determine whether this procurement should be set aside for SDVOSB (or veteran-owned small business (VOSB)) concerns. We sustain the protest. This procurement is being conducted pursuant to General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures and implementing regulations, set forth at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. In accordance with those

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