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G A O Comptroller General
Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o 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
Decision been approvedforpublic release.
Matter of: Buffalo Hospital Supply Co., Inc.
File: B-412405
Date: February 2, 2016
James S. DelSordo, Esq., Argus Legal, PLLC, for the protester.
Ashley D. Dennis Presley, Esq., Maura C. Brown, Esq., and Barbara J. Stuetzer,
Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal is denied where
record reflects evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation's terms.
DECISION
Buffalo Hospital Supply Co., Inc. (BHS), of Buffalo, New York, protests the decision
of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to exclude its proposal from the
competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA1 19-15-R-0025 for the
maintenance and distribution of medical and surgical supplies. BHS alleges that the
agency's evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The solicitation, issued on May 15, 2015, contemplated the award of multiple
fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to support the agency's
national medical/surgical prime vendor (MSPV) program. RFP at 1, 25-26, 121.
Under this program, successful offerors would maintain and distribute all required
medical, surgical, dental, and laboratory.., supplies and other contracted
medical/surgical supplies used in a [VA] medical facility. Id. at 21. To establish the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadrwt0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)