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B-406608,B-406654,B-406655,B-406656 1 (2012-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoxd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Aldevra File: B-406608; B-406654; B-406655; B-406656 Date: July 13, 2012 Rodney Marshall for the protester. Dennis Foley, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST The Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine whether two or more service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns can meet its requirements at a reasonable price before proceeding with Federal Supply Schedule acquisitions. DECISION Aldevra, of Portage, Michigan, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concern, protests the terms of solicitation Nos. 630-12-3-6429-0566, 521-12-2-237-0073, VA244-12-Q-0525, and VA260-12-Q-0771,1 issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for miscellaneous kitchen equipment for VA Medical Centers in, respectively, the Bronx, New York, Birmingham, Alabama, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and Puget Sound, Washington. The protester asserts that the agency improperly failed to comply with the requirements of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, 38 U.S.C. §§ 8127- 8128 (2006) (the VA Act), and its implementing regulations to determine whether these procurements should be set aside for SDVOSB (or veteran-owned small business (VOSB)) concerns. We sustain the protests. 1 The solicitations were also designated as FedBid Buy Nos. 335889, 337280, 337667, and 339483, respectively.