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B-418168.2 1 (2020-03-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeasi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Tasi, LLC File: B-418168.2 Date: March 2, 2020 Louis Leon-Guerrero, TASI LLC, for the protester. Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging terms of solicitation seeking termination of preexisting AbilityOne contracts is dismissed because it fails to state a legally cognizable basis for protest; there is no legal support for protester's contention that the Veterans Benefits, Healthcare and Information Technology Act of 2006 (the VBA) requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to terminate preexisting AbilityOne contracts in order to comply with the veteran set-aside requirements of the VBA. DECISION Tasi, LLC, of Tucson, Arizona, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C24C1 9Q0045, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for surgical supplies. Tasi argues that the RFQ violates the requirements of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care and Information Technology Act of 2006, 38 U.S.C. §§ 8127-8128 (the VBA), as well as various implementing regulations. We dismiss the protest. This acquisition is for the establishment of blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) with vendors for the provision of medical and surgical supplies in connection with the VA's Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Program. The particular requirements being solicited are disposable medical surgical supplies (apparel/textiles/gloves) to be provided on a nationwide basis. The RFQ solicits prices from interested vendors to provide these types of supplies from their respective catalogs of available products that also align with a list of such products enumerated in the RFQ. RFQ at 5-6. This protest focuses on an amendment issued by the agency in an attempt to clarify its acquisition strategy as it

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