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B-415242 1 (2017-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtyv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: The Congaree Group, LLC File: B-415242 Date: November 6, 2017 James E. Smith, for the protester. Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., and Donald C. Mobly, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly disclosed the protester's proprietary information regarding the location of a parking lot used in the performance of its predecessor contract is denied where the information disclosed cannot reasonably be considered proprietary and the protester has made no showing that it is competitively disadvantaged by release of the information. DECISION The Congaree Group, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business located in Columbia, South Carolina, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. VA247-17-R-0800, which was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for valet parking services at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center located in Charleston, South Carolina. Congaree, the incumbent contractor, contends that the VA improperly disclosed the protester's proprietary information regarding the location of the parking lot used in its performance of the predecessor contract for valet services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 18, 2017, the VA issued the RFP as a service-disabled veteran-owned set-aside, pursuant to the commercial item acquisition and simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) part 12 and subpart 13.5, for the award of a fixed-price contract for a 1-year based period with four 1-year options. RFP at 1, 18. The solicitation sought a contractor to provide qualified personnel, labor,

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