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B-421977,B-421977.2 Nov 14, 2023 1 (2023-11-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaopju0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Colonial Federal Healthcare, LLC File: B-421977; B-421977.2 Date: November 14, 2023 Randy Kamenetsky, for the protester. Daniel J. McFeely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Initial protest allegations are dismissed where the protester failed to file comments within 10 days of receiving the agency report; and supplemental allegations are dismissed as untimely and not within the jurisdiction of our Office. DECISION Colonial Federal Healthcare, LLC, of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to DeployAHP, LLC, of Culver City, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C26223R0020, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for nurse staffing services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and improperly made the selection decision. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND On February 10, 2022, the VA issued the RFP to procure nurse staffing services, and restricted competition to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB). Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP at 2, 11. The RFP contemplated the award of multiple fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to be performed over a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. Id. at 5-1 1, 58, 62. Award would be made on a best-value tradeoff basis considering experience and price factors. Id. at 58. Experience would be considered more important than proposed prices. Id. Thirty-three proposals were submitted prior to the March 3, 2023, deadline for their submission. The agency determined that BTL Technologies, Inc., DeployAHP, LLC,

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