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B-413735 1 (2016-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadswy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General VA N Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: G. A. Braun, Inc. File: B-413735 Date: December 21, 2016 C. J. Spencer, G. A. Braun, Inc., for the protester. Maura C. Brown, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal as technically unsatisfactory is denied where the record provides no basis to question the agency's evaluation. DECISION G. A. Braun, Inc., of Syracuse, New York, protests the award of a contract to Western State Design, Inc. of Hayward, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA797R-1 5-R-0020, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the procurement and installation of a thermal fluid flatwork ironing system and a large piece blanket folding system to replace existing equipment at the VA's textile processing facility in Brockton, Massachusetts.1 Braun argues that the agency's evaluation of Braun's technical proposal was flawed. We deny the protest. The RFP was issued on March 16, 2016, and contemplated the award of one or more contracts to the offeror whose proposal would be the most advantageous to the government, considering, in descending order of importance, price, technical excellence, and past performance factors. RFP at 55-56. The RFP provided that, when combined, the non-price factors were slightly more important than price. Id. 1 The solicitation was set aside for small businesses.

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