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 G             A    O                                                  Comptroller General
        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                        of the United States
 United States Government Accountability Office
 Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: The Creative Mobility Group, LLC

          File:        B-410380.2

          Date:     December 19, 2014

          Christina Stowers, for the protester.
          Edith M. Bowman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
          Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency's posting of a solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO)
          website for home medical equipment services, which the incumbent contractor
          claims was not searchable by using the names of the states in which homes are to
          be visited, did not deprive protester of obtaining the solicitation where other search
          terms known to the protester, such as the North American Industry Classification
          System code and the agency network to be served, properly identified solicitation
          materials posted on the FBO website.
          DECISION

          The Creative Mobility Group, LLC protests request for quotations (RFQ) No.
          VA251-14-Q-0234, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for home
          medical equipment (HME) services for patients of the Veterans Integrated Service
          Network 11 (VISN 11) medical facilities in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. The
          protester contends the agency failed to properly post the solicitation on the Federal
          Business Opportunities (FBO) website.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          On July 23 the agency issued a pre-solicitation notice on FBO regarding the
          agency's requirement for providing HME services to patients of the VISN 11
          Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and associated Community Based Outpatient
          Clinics at their residences located throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.
          On August 8, the agency issued the subject RFQ contemplating the award of

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