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B-406729,B-406729.2 1 (2012-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpfn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 GAO .Acou ntabty* Integpty I Reliabiii United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: File: Date: Comptroller General of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. L ................................................................................................................. Sterling Medical Associates, Inc. B-406729; B-406729.2 August 8, 2012 Barbara A. Duncombe, Esq., Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, for the protester. Rebecca L. Tranthem, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of the exclusion of the protester's proposal from the competitive range is denied where an agency reasonably found that the protester's proposal did not have a reasonable possibility of being selected for award. DECISION Sterling Medical Associates, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA248- 11 -RP-0061, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for healthcare services for Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) in various locations in Florida. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP provides for the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for primary care and mental health services in CBOCs in Okeechobee, Vero Beach, Fort Pierce, Stuart, Delray Beach, and Boca Raton, Florida for a base year and four option years. RFP § B.2, at 6, 8; § E.3, at 142. A detailed statement of work was provided, describing the services to be performed. In this regard, the RFP provided estimated veteran enrollments at each CBOC and identified estimates of the number of veterans residing in the areas to be covered by the contract. RFP § B.4, at 23.

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