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B-423042,B-423042.2 Jan 08, 2025 1 (2025-01-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaorjc0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has .c . been approved for public release. D e c is io n------------------------------------------------------------ Matter of: TrillaMed, LLC File: B-423042; B-423042.2 Date: January 8, 2025 Julie M. Nichols, Esq., and James S. Phillips, Esq., Roeder, Cochran, Phillips, PLLC, for the protester. Christopher L. Lockwood, Esq., Jon D. Levin, Esq., Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr., Esq., and Virginia L. Gibson, Esq., Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, for Lovell Government Services, Inc., the intervenor. Laura Reass, Esq., and Shawn Larson, 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 Protest that agency misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where the record shows the evaluation, conducted under simplified acquisition procedures, was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and the source selection decision documented a reasonable price-technical tradeoff in favor of awardee's lower-rated technical quotation and lower price. DECISION TrillaMed, LLC, of Bingham Farms, Michigan, a small business, protests the award of a requirements contract to Lovell Government Services, Inc., of Pensacola, Florida, also a small business, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C10G24Q0094, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for commercial cordless surgical bone saws for VA medical centers nationwide. TrillaMed contends that the VA misevaluated both firms' quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued March 20, 2024, sought quotations from firms to supply specific types of cordless surgical bone saws and accessories, such as rechargeable batteries and

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