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B-402345 1 (2010-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbgg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General KWn , Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Carthage Area Hospital, Inc. File: B-402345 Date: March 16, 2010 John G. McGowan, Esq., Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, for the protester. David B. Dempsey, Esq., and Megan Mocho Jeschke, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Valor Healthcare, Inc., an intervenor. David W. Altieri, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Selection of higher-rated, higher-priced proposal is unobjectionable where the selection official reasonably determined that awardee's higher technical rating outweighed the protester's lower price. DECISION Carthage Area Hospital, Inc., of Carthage, New York, protests the award of a contract to Valor Healthcare, Inc., of Washington, D.C., under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-528-09-RP-0139, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the operation of an outpatient clinic in the agency's Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (VISN 2) in upstate New York. Carthage, the incumbent contractor, challenges the agency's evaluation and source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for the operation of a community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Jefferson County, New York for a base year with 2 option years. Award was to be made on a best value basis, considering 'The VA operates more than 800 CBOCs across the United States. The CBOCs, which are generally in more rural areas, provide the most common outpatient (continued...)

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