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B-419465.2,B-419465.3 May 03, 2021 1 (2021-05-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaolmo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: O1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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 a GAO Protective Order. No party requested redactions; D ecisio n --weare therefore releasing the decision in its entirety. Matter of: Blackhawk Medical Transportation, Inc. d/b/a Vandenberg Ambulance File: B-419465.2; B-419465.3 Date: May 3, 2021 Joseph G. Martinez, Esq., Eric P. Roberson, Esq., and Lisette S. Washington, Esq., Dentons US LLP, for the protester. Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., Quinten R. Fisher, Esq., and Christopher S. Coleman, Esq., Koprince Law, LLC, for Freedom-Elite Joint Venture, the intervenor. Steven Devine, Esq., and Brian R. Reed, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misevaluated awardee's proposal as technically acceptable is denied where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that agency improperly determined awardee's price was reasonable is denied where the record shows the contracting officer's judgment was reasonable and well documented. DECISION Blackhawk Medical Transportation, Inc., doing business as Vandenberg Ambulance, of Tinley Park, Illinois, protests the award of a contract to Freedom-Elite Joint Venture, of Shorewood, Illinois, a small business,1 under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C25221 R0003, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for commercial non-emergency ambulance services for specific VA facilities in the Chicago, Illinois 1 The parties note that an issue regarding Freedom-Elite's small business status has been challenged in a protest pending before the Small Business Administration. Our description of the firm as a small business reflects its representation of its status in this procurement.

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