B-266043: Jan 23, 1996

A firm protested a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) solicitation for home oxygen equipment, contending that the solicitation's accreditation requirement: (1) exceeded VA minimum needs; and (2) unduly restricted competition, since not all VA medical facilities that contract for home oxygen services require contractor accreditation. GAO held that VA reasonably determined that the accreditation re...

B-266043: Jan 23, 1996

Protest objecting to solicitation requirement for contractor accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as unduly restrictive of competition is denied where agency demonstrates reasonable basis for the requirement. ABC protests that the solicitation requirement that the contractor be accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizat...