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B-419991,B-419991.2 Oct 20, 2021 1 (2021-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaomxt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAiOU.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 been approved for public release. Matter of: Veterans Choice Medical Equipment, LLC File: B-419991; B-419991.2 Date: October 20, 2021 David F. Dowd, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, for the protester. Peter B. Ford, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Timothy F. Valley, Esq., and Anna R. Wright, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for Mid-Cities Home Medical Delivery Service, LLC, the intervenor. Daniel McFeely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee's proposal under the corporate experience evaluation factor is denied where the agency reasonably interpreted the terms of the solicitation to allow it to evaluate an incomplete corporate experience submission, and where the source selection authority reasonably considered information within the evaluation team's personal knowledge. DECISION Veterans Choice Medical Equipment, LLC, a small business of Vista, California, protests the award of a contract to Mid-Cities Home Medical Delivery Service, LLC, a small business of Grand Prairie, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C26221 R0002, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for in-home oxygen and ventilator services in the agency's Veteran Integrated Service Network 22 (VISN 22) region in southern California. Veterans Choice contends that the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal was unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The VA issued the RFP on January 19, 2021, as a set-aside procurement for service- disabled veteran-owned small businesses under the commercial item procurement procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12. Agency Report (AR),

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