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B-416773 1 (2018-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvin0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: eReceivables, Inc. File: B-416773 Date: December 12, 2018 Joseph L. Fuller, Esq., Kutak Rock LLP, for the protester. Aleia Barlow, Esq., and Ifeyinwa Anoliefo, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation requirements as unduly restrictive is denied where the record supports the agency's position that the requirement is reasonably necessary to meet the agency's needs. DECISION eReceivables, Inc., of Coral Springs, Florida, challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C77618R0051, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for recovery audit services. eReceivables argues that the solicitation's prohibition on using auto-generated mass mailing or appeal requests and the solicitation's requirement to prepare a feasibility assessment report do not reasonably relate to the agency's needs and are unduly restrictive of competition. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The VA is authorized to seek reimbursement from third-party health insurers (TPP) for the cost of non-service-connected medical care furnished to eligible veterans who have commercial insurance coverage. RFP1 at 18; see also 38 U.S.C. § 1729; 38 C.F.R. Parts 17.101 and 17.106. The VA's consolidated patient account centers (CPACs) 1 The solicitation was amended twice. All citations to the solicitation are to the final version as amended.

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