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B-414590 1 (2017-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtqg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ....................................................................................................................... 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: RCR Properties, G.P. File: B-414590 Date: July 21, 2017 Diana Parks Curran, Esq., John Ringhausen Esq., Curran Legal Services Group, Inc., for the protester. Jennifer L. Hedge, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. A solicitation requirement that is burdensome, or even impossible for a particular firm to meet, does not make the requirement objectionable if it properly reflects the agency's needs. 2. In light of the broad discretion afforded contracting agencies in taking corrective action, agency properly cancelled solicitation when it discovered several flaws in the solicitation that needed to be addressed. DECISION RCR Properties, G.P. (RCR), of Lima, Ohio, protests the terms of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) request for lease proposals (RLP) No. VA250-17-R-0273 LIMA/OHIO, for space for a VA medical facility. RCR also protests the VA's decision to cancel an earlier solicitation, RLP No.VA250-15-R-0461, for the same requirement. The protester contends that the terms of the current RLP are restrictive of competition and that the agency lacked a reasonable basis for canceling the earlier solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND RCR is the incumbent and currently-performing lessor for the VA outpatient clinic in Lima, Ohio. On April 4, 2017, the VA issued request for lease proposals (RLP) No. VA250-15-R-0461 LIMA/OHIO. Award was made to LIMA IV Medical Properties on

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