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B-410877,B-410983 1 (2015-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrer0001 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 version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Zegler, LLC File: B-410877; B-410983 Date: March 4, 2015 Joseph A. Whitcomb, Esq., and Daniel C. McAuliffe, Esq., Whitcomb Law, PC, for the protester. Laetitia C. Coleman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of corrective action taken in response to a post-award, agency-level protest is denied where agency reasonably determined that the integrity of the procurement process had been undermined by errors made by the agency in its evaluation of proposals. DECISION Zegler, LLC, of Cottondale, Alabama, protests the corrective action taken by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in response to an agency-level protest filed by Coburn Contractors, LLC, of Montgomery, Alabama, against VA's award of a contract to Zegler under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA1 01 V-1 4-R-1 063. Zegler alleges that the agency's corrective action, which consisted of terminating its contract, canceling the RFP, and resoliciting the agency requirements using sealed bid procedures, is unreasonable and an abuse of agency discretion. Zegler also protests the agency's issuance of invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA101 V-1 5-B-0139 for the same requirements. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on August 22, 2014 as a set-aside for service-disabled veteran- owned small businesses (SDVOSB), sought proposals for a contractor to perform various repairs and renovation services at the VA's Regional Office in Montgomery, Alabama. The RFP provided for award of a fixed-price contract to the offeror with the proposal that represented the best value to the government based on

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