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B-296501 1 (2005-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqxt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Computers Universal, Inc. File: B-296501 Date: August 18, 2005 Peter L. Cannon for the protester. Michael R. Rizzo, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for abclSP, Inc., an intervenor. Dennis Foley, Esq., Philip Kauffman, Esq., and Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging solicitation's personnel experience requirements as unduly restrictive of competition is denied where record shows requirements are reasonably related to agency's needs for higher level expertise. DECISION Computers Universal, Inc. protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 600-134-05, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for information technology services for the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California.' The vendor selected under the RFQ will provide continuous day-to-day operational, technical, software design and development, and programming support for the medical center and its many programs and clinics. Computers Universal, a vendor that previously was issued a task order for performance of the services from April 2003 to September 2004, contends that the current RFQ's personnel experience requirements are excessive and unduly restrictive of competition. Specifically, the protester alleges that the experience requirements, which exceed those it was required to meet under its predecessor task order, were developed solely to favor 1 The agency explains that it is conducting the procurement on behalf of the Navy under a VA/Department of Defense agreement providing for contracting services to the Medical Center, a major medical training and treatment facility with an extensive framework of research, educational, and clinical programs.

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