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B-409705.7,B-409705.8 1 (2015-12-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrtx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f\ G A Comptroller General ~ty * Integrity * Rel lability 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. Decision Matter of: B&B Medical Services, Inc.; Ed Medical, Inc. File: B-409705.7; B-409705.8 Date: December 8, 2015 Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., and Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, for B&B Medical Services, Inc.; Bryan R. King, Esq., Todd R. Overman, Esq., and Richard W. Arnholt, Esq., Bass Berry & Sims, PLC, for Ed Medical, Inc., the protesters. Michael A. Hordell, Esq., Kristopher Berr, Esq., and Andrew J. Victor, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for First Community Care, LLC, the intervenor. Tracy Downing, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency price realism evaluation is denied where the agency reviewed awardee's pricing for each contract line item number (CLIN); compared pricing to offerors' proposed pricing, contract pricing for similar home oxygen services, the independent government estimate, and Medicare pricing; determined that the awardee's pricing, while substantially lower overall, was in line with market conditions, including protesters' pricing for many of the CLINs; and concluded that in view of the awardee's clear understanding of the solicitation requirements, and satisfactory performance of a contract for similar services but for nearly twice as many patients, there was no significant risk of poor performance as a result of awardee's lower pricing. DECISION B&B Medical Services, Inc. (B&B), of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Ed Medical, Inc. (EMI), of Hendersonville, Tennessee, protest the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) award of contracts for three service locations to First Community Care, LLC (FCC), of Midland, Michigan, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA249-14- R-01 73, for home oxygen supply. The protests challenge the corrective action taken by the agency following our decision sustaining B&B's and EMI's protests in B&B Medical Services, Inc.: Ed Medical, Inc., B-409705.4, B-409705.5, June 29, 2015, 2015 CPD T 198. The protesters assert that the awardee's proposed prices were

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