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B-408422 1 (2013-09-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpuu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Countywide Transportation File: B-408422 Date: September 16, 2013 Bruce M. Strikowsky, Esq., Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, for the protester. Mark Machiedo, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where protester does not demonstrate that evaluation was unreasonable or inconsistent with the solicitation. DECISION Countywide Transportation, of Yonkers, New York, protests the award of a contract to Virgo Medical Services, Inc., of East Orange, New Jersey, pursuant to solicitation No. VA243-13-R-1 096, which was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for ambulette transportation services. Countywide objects to the evaluation of proposals, primarily the agency's determination that Virgo possesses required licenses. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 13, 2013, the VA issued the request for proposals (RFP) as a small business set-aside seeking proposals for ambulette services to transport patients to the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, and three community-based clinics. RFP at 1, 5. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite quantity contract with a 6-month period of performance. Id. at 1, 58. Offerors were advised that award would be made on a best-value basis considering price and non-price factors. Id. at 60. The solicitation identified seven evaluation factors and assigned weights to each factor as follows: technical approach (25 percent), management approach (20 percent), price/cost (15 percent),

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