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B-409888 1 (2014-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqoa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Veterans Healthcare Supply Solutions, Inc. File: B-409888 Date: September 5, 2014 Gary M. Skura for the protester. Mary G. Courtney, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, and Michael D. Tully, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation provision requiring all members of a contractor team arrangement to hold Federal Supply Schedule contracts under one identified schedule and special item number (SIN) is unduly restrictive of competition is denied where all of the supplies to be procured are within the one identified schedule and SIN. DECISION Veterans Healthcare Supply Solutions, Inc. (VHSS), of Jacksonville, Florida, challenges the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA1 19-14-Q-0004, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to holders of General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts for vital signs monitors and accessories. VHSS argues that the solicitation is unduly restrictive because it requires all members of a contractor teaming arrangement (CTA) to have FSS contracts under the identified schedule and special item number (SIN). We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on February 25, 2014, as a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside to holders of FSS contracts, pursuant to the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4. The solicitation contemplated the establishment of a single blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for a base year and 4 options years, under which fixed-price delivery orders

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