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B-414171 1 (2017-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtgy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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 version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: CRAssociates, Inc. File: B-414171 Date: March 16, 2017 Matthew R. Keller, Esq., and Charlotte R. Rosen, Esq., Odin Feldman Pittleman PC, for the protester. David G. Fagan, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's failure to include provision in solicitation providing for evaluation of realism of offerors' professional employee compensation is denied because no such evaluation is required where the solicitation is for the procurement of commercial items issued pursuant to the procedures established under Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12. DECISION CRAssociates, Inc., of Newington, Virginia, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. VA263-17-R-001 3, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs for community-based outpatient clinic services in Williston and Dickinson, North Dakota. The protester contends that the solicitation improperly fails to require an evaluation of price realism; specifically, the firm contends that the agency is required to include in the solicitation the provision at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees, to assess the realism of offerors' prices. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on October 24, 2016, as a commercial item procurement under FAR Part 12, contemplates the award of a fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity contract for clinic services for veterans. The solicitation establishes a minimum staffing requirement for a primary care physician, a Registered Nurse or

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