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B-418831 1 (2020-09-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebqh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Bluewater Management Group, LLC File: B-418831 Date: September 2, 2020 Daniel Strouse, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Laurel Hockey, Esq., Cordatis Law LLP, for the protester. Jason A.M. Fragoso, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Evan Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest filed by a small business concern, contending that an agency improperly entered into discussions only with a service-disabled veteran-owned small business is dismissed where the solicitation clearly provided for a tiered evaluation of offers, and where the protester is not an interested party to challenge the conduct of the procurement with regard to first-tier offerors. DECISION Bluewater Management Group, LLC, a small business of Norfolk, Virginia, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs's (VA) decision to enter into discussions only with Brian Hall Properties, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C1 OX20RO01 9, for offsite student lodging for the VA law enforcement training center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bluewater alleges that the VA improperly deviated from the solicitation's tiered evaluation method, and that entering into discussions only with Brian Hall amounted to conducting a sole-source procurement. We dismiss the protest because Bluewater is not an interested party. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on April 16, 2020, sought proposals to provide a facility, labor, materials, insurance, licenses and equipment required to offer lodging for students within a 7-mile radius of the training center. Req. for Dismissal, exh.1, RFP, amend. 1 at 8. The solicitation anticipated award of a fixed-price contract for a 1-year base and

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