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B-406530 1 (2012-06-18)

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i-Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548


Decision


Matter of:

File:

Date:


Comptroller General
of the United States


   DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
 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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MedVet Development LLC

B-406530

June 18, 2012


Reginald A. Williamson, Esq., Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, for the protester.
Mary A. Mitchell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest of cancellation of a solicitation after receipt of proposals and discussions is
denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that the
solicitation would not meet the agency's needs.
DECISION

MedVet Development LLC, of Lafayette, Louisiana, protests the decision of the
Department of Veterans Affairs to cancel solicitation for offers (SFO) No. VA256-1 1-
RP-0123 to lease space for a community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in
Lafayette, Louisiana, and to resolicit this requirement.

We deny the protest.

The SFO was issued by the agency's Alexandria Veterans Affairs Medical Center
(AVAMC) on February 3, 2011.1 The VA received offers from three firms, including
MedVet. Following evaluation of initial offers, the VA determined that only MedVet's
proposal would be included in the competitive range. Contracting Officer's (CO)


1 Authority to lease this requirement in Lafayette, Louisiana, was delegated to
AVAMC by the agency's Real Property Service (RPS). Agency Report (AR), Tab 9,
attach. 1, Memorandum of RPS Chief, Nov. 1, 2010.


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