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B-418521 1 (2020-04-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeazs0001 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 Decision Matter of: Bliss Pharmacy Services File: B-418521 Date: April 24, 2020 Eric J. Van Schyndle, Esq., Quarles & Brady, LLP, for the protester. J. Bradley Reaves, Esq., and Beth V. McMahon, Esq., ReavesColey, PLLC, for C&E Pharmacy Services, LLC, an intervenor. Tyler W. Brown, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's quotation is denied where record shows that evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Bliss Pharmacy Services, of Gilbert, Arizona, protests the award of a contract to C&E Pharmacy Services, LLC, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C24619Q1139, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for virtual pharmacy services at the Durham VA Medical Center. Bliss argues that the agency misevaluated its quotation.' We deny the protest. This protest is confined solely to a challenge to the agency's evaluation of Bliss's past performance. The RFQ provided that the agency would make award on a best-value 1 In its initial protest, Bliss argued, based on information and belief, that the agency also misevaluated the C&E quotation. In its comments responding to the agency report, Bliss made no further mention of this allegation. In addition to failing to state a cognizable basis for protest, 4 C.F.R. § 21.5(f), we find that Bliss abandoned this aspect of its protest. We therefore dismiss this allegation. Yang Enterprises, Inc., B-415923, Mar. 12, 2018, 2018 CPD T 109.

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