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B-418164 1 (2019-11-07)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States


                                               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:  VetsTec, LLC

File:       B-418164

Date:       November 7, 2019

Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth Brody, Esq., and Katherine A. David, Esq., David,
Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester.
Laurel Hockey, Esq., David S. Cohen, Esq., Norah D. Molnar, Esq., Daniel Strouse,
Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for B3 Group, Inc., the intervenor.
Colin Nash, Esq., and John W. Tangalos, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the
agency.
Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest is dismissed where the protester is not an interested party to challenge the
procurement.
DECISION

VetsTec, LLC, of Franklin, Tennessee, protests the award of a contract to B3 Group,
Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C10B19R0009,
issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for an enterprise telecommunications
expense management solution. VetsTec argues that the agency unreasonably
evaluated its proposal and made a flawed award decision.

We dismiss the protest because VetsTec is not an interested party to challenge the
award.

The RFP, issued on May 13, 2019, contemplated the award of a contract for an
enterprise Telecommunications Expense Management Solution to provide asset and
service inventory for the VA. Request for Dismissal, exh. A, RFP, at 1, 67-68. Award
was to be made on a best-value tradeoff basis, considering price and non-price factors.
Id. at 186. The non-price factors were technical, past performance, and veteran's

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