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handle is hein.gao/gaoqvh0001 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: Martin AIJS, LLC
File:     B-422764
Date:     September 20, 2024
Luke Martin for the protester.
Brian R. Reed, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest of the remedy recommended for a sustained agency-level protest is dismissed
where protester seeks lost profits, which may not be recovered even in the face of
government error, and where our Office can recommend no greater remedy than what
the agency has recommended.
DECISION
Martin AIJS, LLC (Martin), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
of Wadsworth, Ohio, protests the remedy that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
recommended in a decision sustaining Martin's agency-level protest of a sole-source
award to Censis Technologies, Inc. (Censis), of Franklin, Tennessee. The VA issued
the award under solicitation No. 36C26324Q0646 for laser marking equipment and
training. Martin contends that the VA's remedy is insufficient to address the harm it
suffered from the agency's improper award to Censis.
We dismiss the protest.
BACKGROUND
In February 2024, the VA posted request for information (RFI)/sources sought notice
No. 36C26324Q0358 to www.sam.gov for a brand name or equal laser marking unit and
training for the Fargo VA Medical Center. Protest at 2.1 Under solicitation
1 Citations to the record use the Adobe PDF pagination of documents. The parties did
not use naming conventions for their exhibits; we have renamed exhibits when
necessary to alleviate confusion.

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