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B-414150 1 (2017-03-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtdx0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: EBSCO Industries, Inc. File: B-414150 Date: March 2, 2017 Bridgette Armstrong and Laura C. Ashburner, Esq., for the protester. Frank S. Murray, Esq., David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., and Micah T. Zomer, Esq., Foley & Lardner, LLP, for UpToDate, Inc., an intervenor. Tedd J. Shimp, Esq., Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., and Col. C. Taylor Smith, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Gabriel D. Soil, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of the proposed award of a sole-source contract, which the agency justifies on the basis that only one responsible source will satisfy the requirement without unacceptable delay, is denied where the record reasonably supports the agency's justification. DECISION EBSCO Industries, Inc., of Ipswich, Massachusetts, protests a notice issued by the Department of the Air Force, Air Force Medical Services, announcing its intent to award a sole-source contract to UpToDate, Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts for access to an online medical reference database. EBSCO challenges the justification supporting the award and argues that EBSCO's product was improperly excluded from consideration. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Air Force Medical Service has an ongoing need for an online physician's clinical reference database for its 76 military treatment facilities. Contracting Officer's Statement of Facts (SOF), at 2. The database is a resource used by doctors and other medical professionals providing patient care to facilitate clinical

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