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B-279602 1 (1998-07-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahta0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Thermal Combustion Innovators, Inc. File: B-279602 Date: July 1, 1998 Raymond C. Schreck, Esq., for the protester. Merilee D. Rosenberg, Esq., and Philip S. Kauffman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester is not an interested party to complain of the agency's failure to issue solicitation for medical waste removal services as a small business set-aside where another small business is in line for award. 2. Requirement that contractor performing medical waste removal scan materials to detect radioactive material and return containers with such material to medical facility under certain circumstances is not objectionable based on agency's explanation, uncontested by protester, that requirement is intended as an added precaution to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements regarding radioactive materials, not as a substitute for medical and treatment facilities' responsibilities in dealing with hazardous waste; scanners used for detection are available, contrary to protester's assertion; and possibility that contractor will have to transport an unknown number of containers with radioactive material from treatment facilities to medical facilities, and thus will have to factor some cost into its price for hiring licensed hauler of radioactive waste, does not impose undue risk on offerors. DECISION Thermal Combustion Innovators, Inc. protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 600-018-98, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for medical waste removal and disposal services. We deny the protest. On February 17, 1998, the agency issued the RFP for a fixed-price requirements contract for medical waste removal and disposal at four VA facilities in southern California, for an initial 1-year period, with four 1-year option periods. RFP at 2. The VA had canceled an earlier RFP for the same services, in response to a protest by TCI.

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