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B-412702,B-412702.2 1 (2016-05-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadser0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General VK N Accountability * Integrity * Reliability 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. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Addvetco, Inc. File: B-412702; B-412702.2 Date: May 3, 2016 Steven P. Engel, Esq., and Brandon T. Uram, Esq., Blumling & Gusky, LLP, for the protester. Stephen J. Pieklik, Esq., and Raymond P. Parker, Esq., Williams Coulson, for Mare Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Ricarto Brazela, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Laura Eyester, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency's technical evaluation is not supported by the record is denied where the record shows that agency reasonably evaluated protester's and awardee's proposals. 2. Protest challenging agency's best-value award decision is denied where the record shows that the source selection authority analyzed the qualitative differences between the proposals, and reasonably concluded that the higher-rated, higher- priced proposal was the best value to the government. DECISION Addvetco, Inc., of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a small business, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) award of a contract to Mare Solutions, Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also a small business, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA1 01-1 5-R-01 35, for floor replacement at the VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Addvetco challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and the resulting best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest.

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