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B-408981.4 1 (2014-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqdn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ited S tates G ove rnm e nt A cco u nta b ility O ff ice ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Ibeen approved for public release. D e c is io n ....................................................................................................................... Matter of: ARKRAY USA, Inc. File: B-408981.4 Date: March 5, 2014 Jonathan A. DeMella, Esq., and Scott Skinner-Thompson, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, for the protester. Donna Lee Yesner, Esq., and Stephen E. Ruscus, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, for Abbott Diabetes Care Sales Corporation, the intervenor. David S. Hurt, Esq., Jennifer Hesch, Esq., and David Smith, Esq., Department of Defense, and Maura C. Brown, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agencies. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement by the Department of Defense for self-monitoring blood glucose test strips for the TRICARE uniform formulary is dismissed as untimely, where the solicitation is patently ambiguous with respect to whether the awardee's glucometer must be on the vendor's Federal Supply Schedule contract and the protester did not protest the ambiguity prior to the time set for receipt of quotations. DECISION ARKRAY USA, Inc., of Edina, Minnesota, protests the Department of Defense's (DOD) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Abbott Diabetes Care Sales Corporation, of Alameda, California, for self-monitoring blood glucose system test strips for inclusion on the TRICARE uniform formulary.' ARKRAY contends that Abbott's blood glucose meters--which the vendor must provide to 1 TRICARE, which is managed by the Defense Health Agency, is a comprehensive managed healthcare program for active duty personnel, National Guard and Reserve servicemembers, and retirees, as well as their dependents and/or survivors. 32 C.F.R. § 199.17 (2013); www.tricare.mil/tma.

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