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B-407312,B-407313,B-407372, B-407382,B-407429,B-407430,B-407431,B-407535 1 (2012-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpzc0001 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: Aldevra File: B-407312; B-407313; B-407372; B-407382; B-407429; B-407430; B-407431; B-407535 Date: November 21, 2012 Rodney Marshall for the protester. Dennis Foley, Esq., and Candice M. Cornish, Esq, Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST The Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine whether two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns can meet its requirements at a reasonable price before proceeding with Federal Supply Schedule acquisitions. DECISION Aldevra, of Portage, Michigan, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concern, protests the terms of solicitation Nos. 630-12-3-6429-0568, 659-12-4-6048-0131, VA250-538-7, VA250-538-6, VA250-12-Q-0939, VA245-12-Q- 0615, VA247-12-Q-1390, and VA260-13-Q-1719,1 issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for miscellaneous kitchen equipment for VA Medical and Health Care Centers at various locations throughout the United States. The protester asserts that the agency improperly failed to comply with the requirements of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, 38 U.S.C. §§ 8127-8128 (2006) (the VA Act), and its implementing regulations to determine whether these procurements should be set aside for SDVOSB (or veteran-owned small business (VOSB)) concerns. 1 The solicitations were also designated as FedBid Buy Nos. 399326, 412288, 420815, 420782, 418608, 427953, 428495, and 429689, respectively.

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