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B-418223.3 1 (2020-10-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebwk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G r ~o 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 been approved for public release. Matter of: Academy Medical, LLC File: B-418223.3 Date: October 7, 2020 Julie M. Nichols, Esq., Roeder, Cochran, Phillips, PLLC, for the protester. Jason A. M. Fragoso, 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 that agency improperly excluded protester from the competitive range is denied where record shows that price evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. DECISION Academy Medical, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), of West Palm Beach, Florida, protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C10G19R0050, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for the distribution and supply management of medical, surgical, dental, and laboratory supplies to VA medical centers (VAMCs) and other governmental agencies (OGAs). The protester argues that the agency's pricing methodology was unreasonable and that the agency improperly eliminated the protester from the competitive range. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On September 27, 2019, the VA issued the solicitation, on an unrestricted basis, under the procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 15. Agency

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