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B-422777,B-422777.2 Oct 21, 2024 1 (2024-10-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaorag0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.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: MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC File: B-422777; B-422777.2 Date: October 21, 2024 Amy C. Hoang, Esq., Erica L. Bakies, Esq., and Sarah E. Barney, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for the protester. Jared Levin, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency's determination of price reasonableness was unreasonable is denied where the agency compared the protester's price to an independent government estimate that was based on the agency's historical costs for the requirement and a reasonable estimate regarding increased future usage. DECISION MCI Diagnostic Center, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Richardson, Texas, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competition, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C26324ROO72, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for laboratory testing services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated its technical proposal. In addition, MCI alleges that the VA's price reasonableness analysis of its proposal was unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, the agency issued the RFP on May 21, 2024, as a set-aside for SDVOSBs. Agency Report (AR),

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