Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Dismissed Decided: February 27, 2020 Keywords: Small Business Set-Asides; SDVOSB Set-Asides; Certificate of Competency General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The SBA has the exclusive authority to review a contracting officer’s determination that a small business concern is not responsible. The GAO does not review certificate of competency referrals to the
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kingdomware Technologies Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Cancellation of request for quotations (RFQ) issued on a brand name or equal basis was proper where the RFQ failed to list any salient characteristics for use in evaluating equal products or identify a requirement that equal products
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Phoenix Environmental Design, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) violated the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, and its implementing regulations when the VA issued an order to a small business concern, is
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Aldevra Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO 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
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Aldevra Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protests Sustained. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO 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
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Pierce First Medical; Alternative Contracting Enterprises, LLC Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Requests for Reconsideration Denied _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protesters’ requests to reconsider our decision denying their protests are denied where the requests merely express disagreement with the prior decision, reiterate arguments made previously, and raise new arguments that could
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kingdomware Technologies Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Sustained _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: The Department of Veterans Affairs improperly used non-mandatory Federal Supply Schedule procedures to procure services, rather than using a set-aside for service disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns, and improperly awarding a contract to a non-SDVOSB concern. General
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Aldevra Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protests Sustained. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO 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
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Crosstown Courier Service, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that Department of Veterans Affairs improperly set aside a Federal Supply Schedule task order acquisition for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses is denied where record shows that agency’s actions were an unobjectionable exercise of its authority
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: American Medical Response Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that Department of Veterans Affairs unreasonably set aside an acquisition for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses is denied where record shows that agency’s market research demonstrated that at least two such firms would likely submit proposals and