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B-414017,B-414017.2 1 (2017-01-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsyl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General A Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Cognitive Medical Systems, Inc. File: B-414017; B-414017.2 Date: January 6, 2017 Jonathan T. Cain, Esq., FisherBroyles, LLP, for the protester. Steven J. Koprince, Esq., Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., Candace M. Shields, Esq., and Ian P. Patterson, Esq., Koprince Law LLC, for Book Zurman, Inc., the intervenor. Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., and John W. Tangalos, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the adjectival rating assigned to protester's proposal is denied where the challenge is based on internal agency guidelines, which do not accord rights to outside parties. 2. Protest challenging the agency's best-value determination is denied where the agency reasonably determined that the protester's proposal was essentially equal to the awardee's proposal under the non-price evaluation factors, and where the agency therefore made award to the lower-priced offeror. DECISION Cognitive Medical Systems, Inc. (CMS), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business located in San Diego, California, challenges the award of a contract to Book Zurman, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business located in Seminole, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA701-16-R-0142, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for informatics support services. The protester challenges the agency's technical evaluation of CMS's proposal and the VA's best-value determination. We deny the protest.

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