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B-418089.2,B-418089.3 1 (2020-12-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecft0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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. The entire decision has been approved for public release. Matter of: Draeger, Inc. File: B-418089.2; B-418089.3 Date: December 10, 2020 Hilary S. Cairnie, Esq., and Martha Guarnieri, Esq., Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, for the protester. Jared M. Levin, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. April Y. Shields, Esq., John Sorrenti, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's decision to cancel solicitation as part of corrective action taken in response to an earlier protest is denied where the agency demonstrates a reasonable basis for its decision to cancel and reassess its requirements. DECISION Draeger, Inc., of Telford, Pennsylvania, protests the corrective action taken by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in response to Draeger's earlier protest challenging the award of a contract to another vendor under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25919Q0613 for anesthesia integrated workstations. The protester contends that the agency's corrective action--specifically, its decision to cancel the RFQ and reassess its requirements--lacks a reasonable basis and is pretextual. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on September 11, 2019 and amended twice, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for six anesthesia integrated workstations for the VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Grand Junction, Colorado. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ Inclusive of All Amendments (RFQ), at 12. Each workstation would include an anesthesia delivery system and an anesthesia monitoring system; the contractor would also be responsible for maintenance, warranty, and training. Id.

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