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B-417756 1 (2019-09-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadzzq0001 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: Sanford Federal, Inc. File: B-417756 Date: September 12, 2019 Daniel Lynam, Sanford Federal, Inc., for the protester. David W. Altieri, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) improperly rejected protester's lowest-priced proposal under a lowest-priced technically acceptable solicitation set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) is denied where the protester was not listed as a verified SDVOSB in the VA's database. DECISION Sanford Federal, Inc., of Stafford, Virginia, protests its exclusion from the competition under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C262-19-R-01 18, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for temporary janitorial staffing services at the VA's Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System facility. The protester contends that the agency improperly rejected its proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On June 13, 2019, the VA issued the RFP seeking temporary janitorial services for a base period of 120 days with an option period of an additional 120 days. Request for Dismissal, Exh. 2, RFP, at 1, 6. The VA issued the RFP as a total set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), and included the clause found at VA Acquisition Regulation (VAAR) § 852.219-10 Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside. Id. at 1, 39. This clause provides that offerors must be verified for ownership and control pursuant to the VA regulations set forth at 38 C.F.R. part 74 and be listed as verified SDVOSBs in the VA's Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database to meet the definition of an SDVOSB set forth in

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