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B-422516.2 Sep 23, 2024 1 (2024-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqxd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G- AOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Corps Medical Supply, LLC File: B-422516.2 Date: September 23, 2024 William A. Shook, Esq., The Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for the requester. Shawn Larson, Esq., and Laura B. Reass, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Request for recommendation that protest costs be reimbursed is denied where the allegation that the solicitation terms created a de facto sole-source procurement is not clearly meritorious and is severable from the clearly meritorious challenge. 2. Request for recommendation that protest costs be reimbursed is granted where the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action in response to a clearly meritorious allegation that a solicitation term was ambiguous. DECISION Corps Medical Supply, LLC, of Janesville, Wisconsin, requests that we recommend the reimbursement of costs it incurred in filing and pursuing its protest challenging the terms of the solicitation, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C10G24Q0092, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for binocular indirect ophthalmoscope equipment and accessories. Corps Medical argues that its protest was clearly meritorious and that the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action. We grant the request in part and deny it in part. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on March 20, 2024, seeking award of a single requirements contract to provide Keeler (or equal) binocular indirect ophthalmoscope

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