File: B-419300
Date: December 16, 2020
David S. Gallacher, Esq., Emily S. Theriault, Esq., and Adam A. Bartolanzo, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for the protester.
Elizabeth Connally, Esq., Connally Law, PLLC; John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., and Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Superior Optical Labs, Inc., the intervenor.
Natica Chapman Neely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate whether the awardee would be able to meet staffing levels or optician certifications is dismissed as legally and factually insufficient where the protester’s allegations, even if unrebutted, fail to establish a violation of law by the agency because the solicitation did not provide for evaluation of staffing levels or optician certifi