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B-406419 1 (2012-05-09)

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          G    A                                                         Comptroller General
        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office          DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548                                  The decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                                      a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                                      been approved for public release.
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          Decision

          Matter of:   Estrategy, Inc.

          File:        B-406419

          Date:        May 9, 2012

          Lee Dougherty, Esq., and Katherine A. Straw, Esq., General Counsel P.C., for the
          protester.
          William E. Hughes, III, Esq., Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., for NEIE Medical
          Waste Services, LLC, an intervenor.
          Kate Gorney, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest of an agency's award of a contract is denied where the agency reasonably
          found that the awardee complied with the solicitation's licensing requirements.
          DECISION

          Estrategy, Inc., of North Kansas City, Missouri, protests the award of a contract to
          NEIE Medical Waste Services, LLC, of Quinton, Virginia, under request for
          proposals (RFP) No. VA-261 -11 -RP-01 08, issued by the Department of Veterans
          Affairs (VA) for hazardous waste disposal services for the agency's Sierra Nevada
          Health Care System. The protester contends that the awardee's proposal was not
          technically acceptable.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The RFP, issued as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
          set-aside, provided for the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract to the

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