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B-419910.3 Jan 10, 2022 1 (2022-01-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaomrb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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. This redacted version has L been approved for public release. Matter of: Sterling Medical Associates, Inc. File: B-419910.3 Date: January 10, 2022 Barbara Duncombe, Esq., and Erin Davis, Esq.,Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, for the protester. Steven Devine, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST GAO does not recommend reimbursement of protest costs where, based on the circumstances of the case, we conclude that although the agency delayed taking corrective action, the protest was not clearly meritorious. DECISION Sterling Medical Associates, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, requests that our Office recommend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburse Sterling's costs of filing and pursuing its protest against the award of a contract to STG International, Inc. (STGi) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C24219R0090, for a community based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Watertown, New York, which is located in the agency's Veteran Integrated Service Network 2 (VISN 2) region. We deny the request. BACKGROUND The solicitation, issued on January 13, 2021, provided that the contract would be awarded on a best-value tradeoff basis considering the following factors: (1) technical capability (with subfactors for quality; management, experience, and staffing; transition, start-up plan; and geographic location), (2) past performance, (3) service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) or veteran-owned small business (VOSB) status, and (4) cost/price. Agency Report (AR), B-419910.1, B-419910.2, Exh. 3, RFP at 140-144. The factors were listed in descending order of importance. The technical capability subfactors were equal in importance.

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