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B-416261 1 (2018-07-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvbk0001 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 version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Crosstown Courier Service, Inc. File: B-416261 Date: July 19, 2018 Joseph A. Camardo, Esq., Nancy M. Camardo, Esq. Justin T. Huffman, Esq., Camardo Law Firm, PC, for the protester. Donald C. Mobly, Esq., Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging terms of solicitation because they do not require labor cost breakdowns from vendors to assess compliance with the requirements of the solicitation is denied where the selected evaluation criteria are reasonable. 2. Protest alleging that a solicitation is defective for failing to provide for the evaluation of fixed prices for price realism is denied where the agency has wide discretion when deciding whether to include a realism evaluation provision in a solicitation for the award of a fixed-price contract. DECISION Crosstown Courier Service, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Chicopee, MA, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25018Q0547 issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs for courier services in support of several medical centers and clinics in Virginia. The protester alleges that the solicitation is defective because it does not require vendors to provide detailed information concerning their labor costs, and because it does not require the agency to perform a price realism evaluation. The protest is denied.

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