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B-414896.3,B-414896.4 1 (2018-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ....................................................................................................................... DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Laboratory Corporation of America File: B-414896.3; B-414896.4 Date: July 13, 2018 William M. Jack, Esq., Elizabeth C. Johnson, Esq., and Amba M. Datta, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for the protester. Merle DeLancey, Esq., Justin A. Chiarodo, Esq., and Sara N. Gerber, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for Quest Diagnostics, Inc., the intervenor. Donald C. Mobly, Esq., and Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals under the non-price factors is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that the agency engaged in disparate treatment of proposals and improperly relaxed certain requirements for the awardee is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated proposals. 3. Protest that the agency conducted a flawed price evaluation is denied where the record shows that the protester was not prejudiced by any potential error in the agency's conduct of the price realism analysis. DECISION Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp), of Raritan, New Jersey, protests the award of a contract to Quest Diagnostics, Inc., of Madison, New Jersey, by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA241-17- R-0030 for reference laboratory testing services. LabCorp challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals under the technical, past performance and price factors, as well as the agency's best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest.

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