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B-415584 1 (2018-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduft0001 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: Platinum Business Corporation File: B-415584 Date: January 18, 2018 A. Jeff Ifrah, Esq., George R. Calhoun, Esq., and Whitney A. Fore, Esq., Ifrah PLLC, for the protester. Barbara A. Duncombe, Esq., Suzanne Sumner, Esq., and Erin R. Davis, Esq., Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, for Vesa Health & Technology, an intervenor. William H. Butterfield, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where the record shows that the agency did not waive material terms of the solicitation and the protester failed to demonstrate that it suffered any competitive prejudice resulting from the agency's actions. DECISION Platinum Business Corporation (PBC), of Laurel, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Vesa Health & Technology, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSCG23-17-R-P1COOO, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, for multidisciplinary personal healthcare services. PBC asserts that the agency improperly waived material solicitation requirements when evaluating the awardee's price proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Coast Guard issued the RFP on April 28, 2017, as a small business set-aside, for multidisciplinary personal healthcare services to be performed within three regions (i.e., North, South, and West). The RFP contemplated one fixed-price contract award for all three regions or separate fixed-price contract awards for each region. RFP at 37. Services were to be performed over a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. RFP at 4. Proposals were to be evaluated, on a best-value tradeoff basis,

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