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                   1O   o   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:   Navarre Corporation

File:        B-419088.2

Date:        March 4, 2021

William M. Weisberg, Esq., Law Offices of William Weisberg, PLCC, for the protester.
Sarah Schauerte Reida, Esq., Legal Meets Practical, LLC, for KTS Solutions, Inc., the
intervenor.
Laetitia C. Coleman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's offer is denied where the
record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation and
was reasonable.
DECISION

Navarre Corporation, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of
Navarre, Florida, protests the award of a contract to KTS Solutions, Inc., of Portsmouth,
Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C2462000421, issued by the
Department  of Veterans Affairs (VA) for wheelchair van transportation services.
Navarre contends the agency's evaluation of KTS's past performance and the resulting
award decision were improper.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The procurement was  conducted using the simplified acquisition procedures set forth in
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 13. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ at 43.
The RFQ,  issued on June 4, 2020, as a SDVOSB set-aside, contemplated the award of
a fixed-priced contract for a base period and one 1-year option.1 Id. at 1. Award would

1 Although issued as an RFQ for the acquisition of commercial items under the
simplified acquisition procedures of FAR part 13, the solicitation refers to firms as both

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