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B-409020,B-409020.2 1 (2014-01-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqam0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Rotech Healthcare, Inc. File: B-409020; B-409020.2 Date: January 10, 2014 Kyle R. Jefcoat, Esq., David R. Hazelton, Esq., Dean W. Baxtresser, Esq., Yannick B. Morgan, Esq., and Nicole B. Neuman, Esq., Latham & Watkins LLP, for the protester. John E. McCarthy Jr., Esq., and Derek R. Mullins, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Apria Healthcare, Inc., the intervenor. David G. Fagan, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency improperly found the protester nonresponsible because the contracting officer failed to consider recent relevant information in assessing whether the protester had inadequate financial resources to perform the contract is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably considered the available information concerning the protester. DECISION Rotech Healthcare Inc., of Orlando, Florida, protests the award of three contracts (to Norco Inc., of Boise, Idaho; Care Medical Equipment, Inc., of Portland, Oregon; and Apria Healthcare, Inc., of Lake Forest, California), under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA260-13-R-0020, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for the provision of home oxygen services. Rotech argues that the agency unreasonably found Rotech to be nonresponsible, and therefore ineligible for award. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 8, 2013, the VA issued the RFP to provide ongoing home respiratory supplies and services to veterans and beneficiaries in the Veterans Integrated Service Network geographical service area No. 20. RFP at 1, 5. The RFP

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