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B-413198 1 (2016-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsma0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 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: Veterans Electric, LLC File: B-413198 Date: August 26, 2016 Daniel McAuliffe, Esq., and Joseph A. Whitcomb, Esq., Whitcomb, Selinsky, McAuliffe PC, for the protester. Benjamin M. Diliberto, Esq., Stacey North-Willis, Esq., and Charlma Quarles, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably found the awardee's proposal to be technically acceptable in a lowest-priced, technically acceptable best value procurement is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Veterans Electric, LLC, of Colgate, Wisconsin, protests the award of a contract to Architectural Consulting Group, Inc. (ACG), of Chicago, Illinois, by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA786-16-Q-01 29 for electrical services at the agency's Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Veterans Electric argues that the agency improperly evaluated the awardee's proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on March 1, 2016, sought proposals for construction services to upgrade existing electrical service to the monument circle lighting circuit. RFP at 6. The requirement was set aside for service disabled veteran-owned small businesses under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 238210, with a size standard of $15 million. Id. at 1. Award was to be made on a

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