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B-406274 1 (2012-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadorz0001 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: American Medical Response File: B-406274 Date: March 16, 2012 E.A. Seth Mills Jr., Esq., and Kevin M. Meckler, Esq., Mills Paskert Divers, Attorneys At Law, for the protester. Rebecca L. Tranthem, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that Department of Veterans Affairs unreasonably set aside an acquisition for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses is denied where record shows that agency's market research demonstrated that at least two such firms would likely submit proposals and that award could be made at a fair and reasonable price; the fact that none of the firms had a county-issued license at the time of the agency decision to set aside the acquisition is immaterial to the propriety of the agency's decision. DECISION American Medical Response (AMR), of Tampa, Florida, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-248-1 0-RP-0660, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for non-emergency wheelchair/stretcher transportation services for the southeastern United States. AMR maintains that the agency improperly issued the RFP as a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set aside. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplates the award of a requirements contract to the firm submitting the lowest priced, technically acceptable proposal. The sole question in this case is whether the agency reasonably set aside the acquisition for SDVOSBs pursuant to the requirements of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information

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