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B-410203,B-410203.3 1 (2014-11-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqte0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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-410203; B-410203.3 Date: November 5, 2014 Kyle R. Jefcoat, Esq., David R. Hazelton, Esq., Kellyn Goler, Esq., and Yannick Morgan, Esq., Latham & Watkins LLP, for the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Community Surgical Supply, the intervenor. Jeanne S. Morris, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the degree of relevance of awardee's past performance information is denied where record demonstrates that the agency reasonably evaluated the awardee as having highly relevant past performance. 2. Protest arguing that agency failed to conduct proper price realism analysis is denied where contracting officer established realism of awardee's proposed prices by comparing them to other offerors' prices and the government's estimate. 3. Tradeoff between awardee's and protester's proposals was not required where they were equally rated for non-price evaluation factors and the awardee's proposal was lower-priced. DECISION Rotech Healthcare, Inc., of Orlando, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Community Surgical Supply, of Toms River, New Jersey, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA241-14-R-0003, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for home respiratory services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals. We deny the protest.

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