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B-294371.3 1 (2005-01-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqsn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Washington Adventist Hospital File: B-294371.3; B-294371.4 Date: January 21, 2005 Paul M. Vincent, Esq., and E. John Steren, Esq., Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, for the protester. Douglas W. Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In solicitation for hospital to partner with agency in establishing cardiothoracic surgery branch, geographical restriction requiring hospital to be within 10-minute walk or 5-minute drive from agency campus is reasonable where record shows restriction is necessary to meet agency's programmatic needs, which include quick accessibility to campus and hospital due to frequent interaction between program members in different locations. DECISION Washington Adventist Hospital (WAH) protests the geographical restriction in solicitation No. NHLBI-HI-05-18, issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), for a hospital to partner with the agency in establishing a cardiothoracic surgery branch (CTSB). We deny the protest. Prior to 1990, as part of its intramural research branch, NHLBI included a CTSB, which linked basic laboratory research and clinical investigation and served as a research and training program for surgeons. NHLBI desires to reestablish the CTSB, but does not have the facilities or staff to provide treatment for patients requiring acute or emergency cardiac care. As a result, the agency determined that the best way to accomplish its goals was to collaborate with an outside hospital, with surgeries taking place there and research being performed at the hospital and at the NHLBI laboratory. NHLBI further determined that it would be necessary for the

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