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B-420911 Nov 01, 2022 1 (2022-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaonvq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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
D  ecisio   n                     ;a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of: Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless
File:     B-420911
Date:     November 1, 2022
Kayleigh M. Scalzo, Esq., Jason A. Carey, Esq., Brooke G. Stanley, Esq., and Anna M.
Menzel, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester.
Chris S. Tiroff, Esq., Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., and Reza Behinia, Esq., Department of
Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging terms of solicitation on grounds that agency is impermissibly using
commercial acquisition procedures to obtain non-commercial products and services is
denied where record shows that the solicited requirements are available commercially.
DECISION
Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (Verizon), of Annapolis Junction, Maryland,
protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C10B22R0118, issued by the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to acquire enterprise-wide mobile communications
devices and services. Verizon argues that the RFP is inconsistent with commercial
practices and includes certain terms and conditions that are inadequately defined and
should be clarified.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFP contemplates the award of three fixed-price contracts for a base period of six
months, followed by eight 1-year options and an additional 6-month option, to provide
mobile devices and related wireless services to the agency at installations throughout
the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,
Saipan, and the Philippines, as well as services outside the United States on a

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