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B-419258,B-419258.2,B-419258.3 1 (2021-01-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecjh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo( U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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: GOV National Healthcare Drive, LLC File: B-419258; B-419258.2; B-419258.3 Date: January 13, 2021 Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., and Lindy Bathurst, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Robert C. MacKichan, Jr., Esq., Mary Beth Bosco, Esq., and Daniel P. Hanlon, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for Carnegie Management and Development Corporation, the intervenor. Alicia Harrington, Esq., and Stephen J. Kelleher, 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 that agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions is sustained where the record shows that, although agency engaged in discussions, it failed to discuss with the protester any of the weaknesses or deficiencies identified by the agency in the protester's proposal. DECISION GOV National Healthcare Drive, LLC (GNHD), of Huntington, New York, protests the award of a lease to Carnegie Management and Development Corporation, of Westlake, Ohio, under request for lease proposals (RFP) No. 36C10F18R0659, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the lease of premises to be used for a community-based outpatient clinic in Daytona Beach, Florida. GNHD argues that the agency misevaluated proposals, failed to engage in meaningful discussions, and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the award of a 20-year lease on a best-value tradeoff basis for approximately 123,000 square feet of rental space located in either an existing building or a newly-constructed building to house a community-based outpatient clinic in

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