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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                          of the United States




Decision


Matter of: TSC Enterprise, LLC

File:       B-415731

Date:       February 8, 2018

Salome J. Tinker, CPA, TSC Enterprise, LLC, for the protester.
Jason A. M. Fragoso, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated the protester's
quotation in accordance with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria.
DECISION

TSC Enterprise, LLC, of Suitland, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Sehlke
Consulting, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ)
No. VA786-17-Q-0780, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, National
Cemetery Administration for support services for the Veterans Cemetery Grants
Compliance Review Program. TSC alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated its
quotation.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On September 12, 2017, the agency issued the RFQ to procure these support services
with a closing date of September 18. Agency Report (AR), Tab 7, RFQ at 4, 38. The
selected vendor was to send teams to each of the program's VA grant-funded state and
tribal veterans cemeteries to conduct comprehensive on-site reviews to measure
performance against the agency's operational standards and measures in order to
provide the agency with an objective mechanism for determining grantee compliance
with the terms and conditions of cemetery grant awards. Id.

The RFQ contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to be performed over
a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. AR, Tab 7, RFQ at 43. Quotations

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