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B-406265,B-406266,B-406291,B-406291.2,B-406318.1,B-406318.2,B-406343,B-406356,B-406357,B-406369,B-406371,B-406374,B-406400,B-406404,B-406428 1 (2012-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadorg0001 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: Alternative Contracting Enterprises, LLC; Pierce First Medical File: B-406265; B-406266; B-406291; B-406291.2; B-406318. 1; B-406318.2; B-406343; B-406356; B-406357; B-406369; B-406371; B-406374; B-406400; B-406404; B-4064281 Date: March 26, 2012 Louis N. Leon-Guerrero for Alternative Contracting Enterprises, LLC; and Chet McLendon for Pierce First Medical, the protesters. Tricia A. Leminger, Esq., and Stephen Starks, Esq., Kroger, Gardis & Regas, LLP, for Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc., the intervenor. Dennis Foley, Esq., Kevin L. Pearson, Esq., Lisa C. House, Esq., Barton B. Evans, Esq., Natica C. Neely, Esq., and Candice Cornish, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs; and Dennis Lockard, Esq., Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, for the agencies. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests that the Department of Veterans Affairs violated the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (VA Act) by failing to consider whether procurements should be set aside for service-disabled, veteran-owned small business concerns before purchasing from an AbilityOne organization are denied, where the agency reasonably read the VA Act and the Javits-Wagner- O'Day Act together to avoid conflict. DECISION Alternative Contracting Enterprises, LLC (ACE), of Tucson, Arizona, and Pierce First Medical (PFM), of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, protest the issuance of purchase orders under two basic ordering agreements (BOA) to Bosma Industries for the Blind, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana, by the Department of Veterans Affairs 1 In this decision we have resolved all of the outstanding protests filed by the parties concerning these same issues.

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