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B-402465 1 (2010-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbgp0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Corners Construction File: B-402465 Date: April 23, 2010 Rachele Brewer for the protester. Lindsay C. Roop, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) determination that vendor not listed in VA database of eligible service-disabled, veteran-owned small business concerns on date of award was not eligible for award was unobjectionable where determination was consistent with VA's applicable statute and regulations. DECISION Corners Construction, of Chico, California protests the rejection of its bid under Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA-263-09-RA-0250, issued as a set-aside for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) for carpet replacement. Comers asserts that VA improperly rejected its bid on the basis that Comers was not an eligible SDVOSB. We deny the protest. The IFB was issued on November 25, 2009. Bids were opened on December 30, and Corners was the apparent low bidder. However, on January 25, 2010, when VA accessed its database of SDVOSBs to determine whether Corners was an eligible SDVOSB, it found that Comers was not listed.' Agency Report (AR) at 2. In this regard, VA maintains a database of SDVOSBs that are eligible to receive contracts under solicitations issued by VA as SDVOSB set-asides. 38 C.F.R. part 74 (2009). Eligible businesses are placed on the list for 1 year, after which they must re-apply to 'This data base is contained in the vendor information pages at Internet website www.vetbiz.gov.

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