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B-401023 1 (2009-04-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaur0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL A , GA O Comptroller General Accuntabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Precision Prosthetics, Inc. File: B-401023 Date: April 9, 2009 John K. Lee for the protester. Donald C. Mobly, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the record establishes that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. DECISION Precision Prosthetics, Inc. (PPI), of El Paso, Texas, protests the evaluation of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-258-08-RP-0066, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the fabrication and repair of artificial limbs for VA patients in El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico. We deny the protest. The RFP, set aside for small business concerns, contemplated the award of multiple fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for a base period and 4 option years. Awards were to be made to those offerors whose proposals were deemed most advantageous to the agency considering technical and price factors. The RFP set out four equally weighted evaluation factors for award, including the following three technical evaluation factors: 1) management and experience; 2) quality and past performance, including evaluation of a synopsis to be included in the proposal explaining the offeror's overall approach to quality control and quality improvement; the offeror's proposed quality improvement plan; and past performance information; and 3) technical certification. Price, the fourth factor, was to be evaluated in terms of the amount of the firm's offered yearly discount, calculated as a percentage reduction to published price lists for orthotic and prosthetic devices referenced in the solicitation. RFP at 7, 33-34. Offerors were

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