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B-405996 1 (2012-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadomd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General LAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Government Contracting Services, LLC File: B-405996 Date: January 17, 2012 Mark S. Mills for the protester. Russell L. Emery, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's low bid under a solicitation set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) is denied where the agency's Center for Veterans Enterprise determined prior to the due date for submission of bids that the protester did not qualify as an SDVOSB concern and this determination remained in effect at the time bids were due. DECISION Government Contracting Services, LLC (GCS) protests the rejection of its bid by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA-259-1 1- 1B-0286, issued as a set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) for renovation of a patient waiting area at the VA Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. GCS argues that the VA improperly rejected its low bid on the basis that the firm was not an eligible SDVOSB concern. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Under solicitations issued by the VA as SDVOSB set-asides, the VA is required to verify a firm's SDVOSB status through the VA-controlled database known as the vendor information pages (VIP) which is the database of businesses approved to participate in VA's veteran-owned small business program. 38 U.S.C. § 8127(f); 38 C.F.R. § 74.1. In this regard, the VA's Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) is the office responsible for reviewing applications and verifying the status of SDVOSB concerns for inclusion in the VIP database. 38 C.F.R. § 74.11.

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