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B-266302 1 (1996-01-19)

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Comptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision



Matter of: Health Care Waste Services

File:        B-266302

Date:       January 19, 1996

Carlos Castellanos, for the protester.
Philippa L. Anderson, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Solicitation requirement that contractor must be registered with the state as a
regulated medical waste transporter is a contract performance obligation and not a
precondition to award.

DECISION

Health Care Waste Services protests the award of a contract to Stericycle, Inc., by
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 620-13-
95. Health Care contends that the agency improperly determined Stericycle to be
responsible, because Stericycle did not meet a state registration requirement of the
IFB at the time of award.

We dismiss the protest.

On July 28, 1995, the agency issued this IFB, for medical waste removal and
disposal services. Of relevance to this protest, the agency issued amendment No. 2
which included, in the statement of work (SOW), a requirement that the contractor
be registered with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and
Energy as a regulated medical waste transporter.


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