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B-414137,B-414137.2 1 (2017-02-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtet0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: American Access, Inc. File: B-414137; B-414137.2 Date: February 28, 2017 Richard F. Busch II, Esq., Busch Law Firm, LLC, for the protester. Craig A. Holman, Esq., Dana E. Koffman, Esq., and Stuart W. Turner, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for The Landmark Group, Inc., d/b/a National Ramp, an intervenor. Brian R. Reed, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's price evaluation and selection decision on grounds that the agency failed to perform a price realism analysis is denied where the solicitation did not contemplate a price realism analysis. DECISION American Access, Inc., of Bartlett, Tennessee, challenges the awards of contracts to National Ramp, of Valley Cottage, New York, and TJ Rampit Inc., of Coldwater, Michigan, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA240C-14-R-0015, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for modular ramps. The protester argues that the agency's price evaluation and selection decision were flawed. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on October 9, 2015 under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 15 and set aside for small businesses, sought portable, modular ramps' for three service area office (SAO) regions: SAO-East, SAO-West, and 1 The ramps are to be installed at the entryway outside the homes of veterans who cannot navigate stairs. Agency Report (AR), Memorandum of Law (MOL) at 1-2.