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B-407757 1 (2013-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpip0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General ccorntbiIty *intei ReII~biItyof the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Kingdomware Technologies File: B-407757 Date: January 31, 2013 LaTonya Barton for the protester. Brian R. Reed, 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 limited source purchase order under the awardee's Federal Supply Schedule contract is denied, where the agency reasonably justified that only the awardee's product would meet the agency's needs. DECISION Kingdomware Technologies, of Waldorf, Maryland, a service-disabled veteran- owned small business (SDVOSB), protests the issuance of a sole source purchase order by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to LiveProcess Corporation, of Verona, New Jersey, for emergency communication management software for VA's Medical Centers (VAMCs) in the Southern Tier of the Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 12.1 We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 23, 2012, VA issued request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA69D-12-O- 0244, as a small business set-aside under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, for emergency 1 VISN 12 covers Chicago-area facilities including Hines VA Hospital, the Jesse Brown VAMC, and the Federal Health Care Center (FHCC).

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