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B-291890,B-291890.2 1 (2003-04-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacygx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Computer Universal, Inc. File: B-291890; B-291890.2 Date: April 8, 2003 Peter L. Cannon for the protester. Dennis Foley, Esq., and Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., the Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and Guy R. Pietovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester was not unfairly denied opportunity to compete under Federal Supply Schedule acquisition, where it does not hold schedule contract to provide requested services, and agency reasonably determined that protester was not capable of providing such services. DECISION Computers Universal, Inc. (CUI), a section 8(a) contractor, protests the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) acquisition of program management support services under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 549-03-44, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs. CUI complains that it was not fairly given an opportunity to compete under the RFQ and that the incumbent contractor should be disqualified due to an alleged organizational conflict of interest. The protests are denied. The RFQ, issued on December 13, 2002, sought on-site program management support services for the Pacific Teleheath & Technology Hui Office, Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. It included broad task orders to provide project management, technical, business management, research and training, intellectual property, marketing and public relations, sustainment, and administrative support. RFQ, Statement of Objectives ¶ 2.2. Information technology is a small aspect of this work. Id., Subtasks 3.3.6 - 3.3.9. The incumbent for these services at the Hui Office is Mele Associates, which is currently performing with a staff of approximately 30 individuals.

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