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B-406303 1 (2012-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadosf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Unsigt , Stats Gn ADOCUMENT 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. D e c is io n ........................................................................................................................ Matter of: KNAPP Logistics Automation, Inc. File: B-406303 Date: March 23, 2012 Benjamin H. Sawyer, Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, for the protester. Maura C. Brown, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's decision to set aside a procurement for small businesses is denied where the record shows that the contracting officer reasonably expected that at least two responsible offerors would submit offerors and that award would be made at a fair market price. DECISION KNAPP Logistics Automation, Inc., of Kennesaw, Georgia, protests the terms of (RFP) No. VA-797M-1 1 -RP-0212, which was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a tablet capsule automation (TCA) system. The protester contends that the agency improperly issued the solicitation as a total small business set-aside. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The initial solicitation, RFP No. VA-797M-10-RP-0227, was issued on September 17, 2010, and sought proposals to replace the VA's TCA system in North Charleston, South Carolina. The initial solicitation was issued on an unrestricted basis. The agency awarded the contract to R/X Automation Solutions, Inc. (R/X) on March 3, 2011. On March 14, KNAPP filed a protest with our Office challenging the award to R/X. In its report on the protest, the VA responded to KNAPP's arguments, and requested that our Office deny the protest. On April 25, KNAPP filed a

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