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B-418194 1 (2020-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaxg0001 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has 1been approved for public release. Matter of: CRAssociates, Inc. File: B-418194 Date: January 23, 2020 Matthew R. Keller, Esq., Praemia Law, PLLC, for the protester. Daniel J. McFeely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's decision to set aside the procurement for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses is denied where the agency had a reasonable expectation that offers would be received from at least two such firms and that award would be made at a fair and reasonable price. DECISION CRAssociates, Inc. of Newington, Virginia, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C25718R0773, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to provide medical services at a community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Wise County, Texas. The protester challenges the agency's decision to set aside the procurement for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs). We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a total SDVOSB set-aside on September 10, 2019, contemplates the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract (IDIQ) for a base period of a year and up to four 1-year option periods. RFP at 6, 170.1 The successful contractor will provide primary care and mental health care services in a clinical environment to veterans who primarily reside in Wise County at either Bridgeport or 1 References to page numbers in this decision are to the VA's Bates numbering in the Agency Report (AR).

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