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B-414962,B-414962.2 1 (2017-10-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtxd0001 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 Decision Matter of: Owl, Inc.; MLB Transportation, Inc. File: B-414962; B-414962.2 Date: October 17, 2017 Les A. Schneider, Esq., Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine, PC, for the protesters. Harold W. Askins III, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the terms of the solicitation are vague and unfair is denied where the solicitation provided adequate information for offerors to compete intelligently and on a relatively equal basis. DECISION Owl, Inc., of St. Johns, Florida, and MLB Transportation, Inc., of Tucker, Georgia, protest the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. VA247-17-R-0004, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for wheelchair van transport services for the beneficiaries of the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (AVAMC). Owl and MLB contend, in substantively identical protests, that the RFP scope of work is vague and that the pricing schedule does not fairly price trips to non-AVAMC destinations, among other grounds of protest. We deny the protests in part and dismiss them in part. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on June 7, 2017, anticipating the award of a single fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. The RFP was subsequently amended nine times. The RFP included a comprehensive performance work statement (PWS) that defined the general scope and specific performance requirements of the contract. In general, the PWS provided that:

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