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B-422186 Jan 30, 2024 1 (2024-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqdc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Sofia Health, LLC File: B-422186 Date: January 30, 2024 Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., John M. Mattox II, Esq., Ian P. Patterson, Esq., and Timothy J. Laughlin, Esq., Schoonover & Moriarty LLC, for the protester. Natica C. Neely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation is dismissed where the record shows that the protester is not an interested party because its quotation was not received at the email address designated by the solicitation for receipt of quotations. DECISION Sofia Health, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Playa Del Ray, California, protests the award of a contract to The HABITS Group, LLC, an SDVOSB of Austin, Texas, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C24923Q0645, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health and wellness classes and services. The protester argues that the agency should have awarded Sofia Health the contract, contending that its quotation presented the best value to the agency and alleging that the agency improperly based the award on a lowest-priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection scheme that was inconsistent with the solicitation. We dismiss the protest on the basis that the protester is not an interested party. BACKGROUND On September 21, 2023, the VA issued the RFQ as an SDVOSB set-aside for the provision of complimentary and integrative health wellness classes and services under the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12, commercial products and services, and 13, simplified acquisition procedures. Req. for Dismissal, Exh. 1,

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