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B-412861,B-412861.2 1 (2016-05-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsgr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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: Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc. File: B-412861; B-412861.2 Date: May 27, 2016 James S. DelSordo, Esq., Argus Legal, PLLC, for the protester. Mark R. Thomas, Esq., and Angeline R. Burke, Esq., Reid Law PC, for Water Treatment Services Inc., the intervenor. Aleia Barlow, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Challenge to the agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation is denied where the protester's failure to meet one of the solicitation requirements was based on the protester's unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation. DECISION Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), of Kittery, Maine, protests its exclusion from the competitive range pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA1 19A-16-Q-0007, which was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for facility maintenance support operations at the VA's Capitol Region Readiness Center (CRRC) in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation. We deny the protest. The CRRC is a federally-owned office of information technology facility that serves a mission-critical role in the VA National Data Center network. The facility is approximately 66,300 gross square feet in size and includes office space, mechanical and engineering space, and a 9,300 square foot data floor. RFQ, Performance Work Statement (PWS), at 15. The CRRC operates on a 24-hour per day, 7-day per week, 365-days per year (24/7/365) basis. Id. On October 16, 2015, the VA issued the solicitation as a SDVOSB set-aside pursuant to the commercial item and simplified acquisition procedures of Federal

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