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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548 of the United States
Decision
Matter of: OSST, LLC
File: B-423223
Date: February 5, 2025
James S. Allen, for the protester.
Colby L. Sullins, Esq., Defense Health Agency, 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 agency's rejection of an unsolicited proposal is dismissed where
GAO will not generally review a protest based on requiring an agency to accept an
unsolicited proposal and procure from the firm on a sole-source basis.
DECISION
OSST, LLC, d/b/a Ocular Surface Support & Training, of Lexington, Kentucky, protests
the Defense Health Agency's (DHA) decision to reject OSST's unsolicited proposal.
The protester alleges that the agency's evaluation of its unsolicited proposal was
flawed; emphasizes the unique nature of its approach to vision restoration services;
argues that the agency prematurely rejected its proposal because it did not initiate
discussions prior to the rejection, and essentially contends that the agency should have
more seriously considered, and likely issued, a sole-source award to OSST. In its
response, DHA explains that it properly evaluated and rejected the protester's
unsolicited proposal.
We dismiss the protest.
OSST submitted an unsolicited proposal to the agency to set up a centralized, federal
referral transplant center for government patients to receive care at an outside facility in
Kentucky.' Protest, exh. A, Unsolicited Proposal for Training and Education for Sight
1 The proposal listed, as items to be delivered, [t]raining and educational services to
ensure providers get patients to the right facility; an annual report about the training
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