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B-414505.6 1 (2018-07-13)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                              DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Decision                                    The decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                            a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                            been approved for public release.

Matter of:  Navarre Corporation

File:       B-414505.6

Date:       July 13, 2018

William Weisberg, Esq., Law Offices of William Weisberg, PLLC, for the protester.
Thomas L. Walker, Esq., Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider, & Stine, P.C., for the
intervenor.
Melody A. Goldberg, Esq., and Donald C. Mobly, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs,
for the agency.
Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals and source selection decision
is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the solicitation
and applicable statutes and regulations, and source selection decision was reasonable.
DECISION

Navarre Corporation, of Navarre, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Owl, Inc.,
of St. Johns, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA256-16-R-0642, issued
by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for special needs transportation for the G.V.
Sonny Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Navarre, the incumbent
contractor, contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and made an
unreasonable source selection decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on August 12, 2016, as a service-disabled veteran-owned small
business set-aside, contemplated award of a fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for
the provision of all ground transportation services for the Sonny Montgomery VA
Medical Center. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFP at 1, 54. The RFP included Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items,
which indicated that award was to be made to the firm whose proposal was most

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