Salvadorini Consulting, LLC (36C25725Q0664)

B-423897 Jan 22, 2026 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Salvadorini Consulting, LLC (Salvadorini) D/B/A Government Imaging Services, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) located in Franklin, Tennessee, protests the exclusion of its quotation from the competition and subsequent award of a contract to IS Healthcare, LLC, an SDVOSB located in Fargo, North Dakota, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25725Q0664, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to lease a mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit and to provide MRI technologists' services. Salvadorini's quotation was excluded from the competition based on the agency's determination that the protester failed to submit contractor personnel documentation with its quotation, as required by the solicitation. The protester contends that it submitted its quotation based on the plain language of the solicitation's requirements. Alternatively, the protester asserts that the exclusion of its quotation amounted to a nonresponsibility determination that should have been referred to the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the SBA's certificate of competency (COC) procedures. We deny the protest. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This public version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Salvadorini Consulting, LLC File: B-423897 Date: January 22, 2026 Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., Shane J. McCall, Esq., John L. Holtz, Esq., Stephanie L. Ellis, Esq., Gregory P. Weber, Esq., and Annie E. Birney, Esq., Koprince Law LLC, for the protester. H. Todd Whay, Esq., and Ian A. Cronogue, Esq., Baker, Cronogue, Tolle & Werfel, LLP, for IS Healthcare, LLC, the intervenor. Jared M. Levin, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's determination that the protester's quotation was nonresponsive is denied where the agency found that the protester omitted required information and otherwise failed to follow the solicitation's instructions. DECISION Salvadorini Consulting, LLC (Salvadorini) D/B/A Government Imaging Services, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) located in Franklin, Tennessee, protests the exclusion of its quotation from the competition and subsequent award of a contract to IS Healthcare, LLC, an SDVOSB located in Fargo, North Dakota, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25725Q0664, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to lease a mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit and to provide MRI technologists' services. Salvadorini's quotation was excluded from the competition based on the agency's determination that the protester failed to submit contractor personnel documentation with its quotation, as required by the solicitation. The protester contends that it submitted its quotation based on the plain language of the solicitation's requirements. Alternatively, the protester asserts that the exclusion of its quotation amounted to a nonresponsibility determination that should have been referred to the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the SBA's certificate of competency (COC) procedures. We deny the protest.[1] BACKGROUND On June 18, 2025, the VA issued the RFQ as an SDVOSB set-aside, pursuant to the commercial item and simplified acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 13. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 2, RFQ at 2;[2] Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1. The RFQ sought quotations for a contractor to provide all necessary personnel, supervision, equipment, transportation, and materials for a mobile MRI unit and qualified technologists to perform the solicited services at the VA's Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS) located in Temple, Texas. AR, Exh, 2, Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 11. The PWS delineated the specification requirements for the MRI unit and the specific qualification requirements for the technologists. Id. at 11-27. The RFQ contemplated award of a single fixed-price delivery order with a base year and four 1-year options to the vendor whose quotation was the most advantageous to the government, considering the factors of technical capabilities, past performance, and price. RFQ at 122. Of relevance here, under the technical capabilities factor, quotations would be evaluated on an acceptable/unacceptable basis.[3] Id. at 123. The specific personnel qualification requirements are the sole issue here. For the MRI technologist, the PWS provided as follows: The Contractor's Technologist shall possess a current Radiologic Technologist (RT) license.