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B-414137,B-414137.2 1 (2017-02-28)

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        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.
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         Matter of:  American Access, Inc.

         File:        B-414137; B-414137.2

         Date:        February 28, 2017

         Richard F. Busch II, Esq., Busch Law Firm, LLC, for the protester.
         Craig A. Holman, Esq., Dana E. Koffman, Esq., and Stuart W. Turner, Esq.,
         Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for The Landmark Group, Inc., d/b/a National
         Ramp, an intervenor.
         Brian R. Reed, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
         Young H. Cho, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest challenging agency's price evaluation and selection decision on grounds
         that the agency failed to perform a price realism analysis is denied where the
         solicitation did not contemplate a price realism analysis.
         DECISION

         American Access, Inc., of Bartlett, Tennessee, challenges the awards of contracts
         to National Ramp, of Valley Cottage, New York, and TJ Rampit Inc., of Coldwater,
         Michigan, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA240C-14-R-0015, issued by the
         Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for modular ramps. The protester argues that
         the agency's price evaluation and selection decision were flawed.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP, issued on October 9, 2015 under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
         parts 12 and 15 and set aside for small businesses, sought portable, modular
         ramps' for three service area office (SAO) regions: SAO-East, SAO-West, and

         1 The ramps are to be installed at the entryway outside the homes of veterans who
         cannot navigate stairs. Agency Report (AR), Memorandum of Law (MOL) at 1-2.

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