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B-412392,B-412392.2,B-412392.3 1 (2016-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrxd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 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 Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Complete Packaging and Shipping Supplies, Inc. File: B-412392, B-412392.2, B-412392.3 Date: February 1, 2016 Howard J. Stanislawski, Esq., Patrick K. O'Keefe, Esq., and Kyle J. Fiet, Esq., Sidley Austin LLP, for the protester. Vivian Katsantonis, Esq., Mitchell A. Bashur, Esq., and Carolyn Cody-Jones, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P., for the intervenor. John W. Gannan, II, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of sample products is denied where the evaluation was reasonable, adequately-documented, and consistent with the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging agency's decision to waive solicitation requirements is denied where the agency's actions did not reflect unequal treatment and the protester has not demonstrated that it was prejudiced by the waiver. DECISION Complete Packaging and Shipping Supplies, Inc. (CPSS), a small business of Freeport, New York, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with M-Pak, Inc., a small business of Aledo, Texas, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA770-15-Q-0046, issued for operational supplies for the VA's consolidated mail outpatient pharmacy (CMOP) in Charleston, South Carolina. CPSS challenges the evaluation of its technical quotation and objects to the VA's decision to remove two items from its requirements. We deny the protest.

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