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B-418384,B-418384.2 1 (2020-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeayf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.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 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Sterling Medical Associates, Inc. File: B-418384; B-418384.2 Date: March 26, 2020 Barbara A. Duncombe, Esq., Suzanne Sumner, Esq., Brandon Dobyns, Esq., and Erin Davis, Esq., Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, for the protester. Stuart B. Nibley, Esq., Amy Conant Hoang, Esq., Erica L. Bakies, Esq., and Sarah F. Burgart, Esq., K&L Gates LLP, for Valor Healthcare, Inc., the intervenor. Kathleen Ellis, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests alleging that agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision are denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Sterling Medical Associates (Sterling), of Cincinnati, Ohio, protests the award of a contract to Valor Healthcare, Inc. (Valor), of Addison, Texas, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C24219R0013, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the operation of an outpatient clinic in the agency's Veteran Integrated Service Network 2 (VISN 2) region in Jamestown, New York. Sterling challenges various aspects of the agency's source selection process, including the agency's evaluation under the technical and past performance factors. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The VA issued the RFP on July 12, 2019, under the commercial item procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity contract for the operation of a community based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in

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