Highlights
Veterans Evaluation Services, Inc. (VES), of Houston, Texas, protests the award of contracts to VetFed Resources, Inc., of Alexandria, Virginia, and QTC Medical Services, Inc., of Diamond Bar, California. Logistics Health, Inc. (LHI), of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Medical Support Los Angeles, a Medical Corporation (MSLA), of Pasadena, California, protest the award of contracts to VES, VetFed and QTC. All of the protests challenge the award of contracts by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA119A-15-R-0150, issued to acquire medical disability examination services. The protesters maintain that the agency misevaluated proposals, engaged in misleading discussions, and made unreasonable source selection decisions.
We sustain the protests in part and deny them in part.
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