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B-400157 1 (2008-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawbj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A A Comptroller General of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Logistics Health, Inc. File: B-400157 Date: August 13, 2008 Tom Walch and Suzanne Witt-Botcher, Esq., for the protester. Maj. William J. Nelson, Department of the Army, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency determination to set aside dental services procurement for exclusive small business participation was reasonable where market research identified eight small businesses, at least two of which appeared responsible and capable of performing the contract requirements. DECISION Logistics Health, Incorporated (LHI) protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. W81K04-08-R-0036, a total small business set-aside, issued by the Department of the Army for a dental provider network. LHI, a large business, asserts that the agency improperly restricted the solicitation to small businesses. We deny the protest. The Army operates soldier readiness processing (SRP) stations at mobilization locations throughout the continental United States. The primary purpose of the SRP dental stations is to process and validate the dental readiness of Army Reserve soldiers. Due to facility and personnel constraints, it is necessary to refer some Army and other military service members to civilian providers near the SRP stations. The RFP sought proposals for provision of a dental network to meet these requirements at up to 14 locations and contemplated the award of a fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for a period of I year, with 4 option years. LHI is currently providing a dental network under a sole-source contract, which was awarded in 2006 based on the agency's determination that it was the only

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