All-American Express Solutions, LLC (36C25025Q0675)

B-424167 Mar 11, 2026 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights All-American Express Solutions, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SBVOSB), of Indianapolis, Indianna, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with FG Management Group, LLC, an SDVOSB of Springfield, New Jersey, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25025Q0675. The Veterans Administration (VA) issued the RFQ for laboratory and pharmacy courier services for the Veterans Health Indiana Health Care System. All-American asserts that the agency failed to comply with debriefing requirements. All-American also asserts that FG Management failed to comply with material solicitation requirements, and that the agency failed to reasonably assess whether FG Management is a responsible firm. Finally All-American asserts that the agency provided FG Management with an unfair competitive advantage. We dismiss the protest in part and deny it in part. View Decision Decision Matter of: All-American Express Solutions, LLC File: B-424167 Date: March 11, 2026 Glen Hannah for the protester. Natica Chapman Neely, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency provided protester with an inadequate debriefing is dismissed; a brief explanation of award, not a debriefing, is required where agency conducts procurement pursuant to simplified acquisition procedures and our Office does not consider adequacy of debriefings or brief explanations since these are procedural matters that do not concern the validity of an award. 2. Protest that awardee failed to comply with delivery requirements is dismissed where offerors were not required to demonstrate compliance when they submitted their quotations and the requirements concern contract administration which our Office does not review. 3. Protest challenging agency's affirmative determination of responsibility is dismissed where there were no definitive responsibility criteria and contracting officer did not ignore serious matters that would affect responsibility. 4. Protest that agency provided awardee with an unfair competitive advantage is denied where protester does not demonstrate that the agency violated the Federal Acquisition Regulation. DECISION All-American Express Solutions, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SBVOSB), of Indianapolis, Indianna, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with FG Management Group, LLC, an SDVOSB of Springfield, New Jersey, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25025Q0675. The Veterans Administration (VA) issued the RFQ for laboratory and pharmacy courier services for the Veterans Health Indiana Health Care System. All-American asserts that the agency failed to comply with debriefing requirements. All-American also asserts that FG Management failed to comply with material solicitation requirements, and that the agency failed to reasonably assess whether FG Management is a responsible firm. Finally All-American asserts that the agency provided FG Management with an unfair competitive advantage. We dismiss the protest in part and deny it in part. BACKGROUND On August 11, 2025, the VA posted the solicitation on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov)[1] website for laboratory and pharmacy courier services as an SDVOSB set-aside. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS). The procurement was conducted using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 (acquisition of commercial items) and 13 (simplified acquisitions). Agency Report (AR), Exh. 2, RFQ at 5. The RFQ contemplated the establishment of a BPA with the vendor that submitted the quotation that was determined to be most advantageous to the government considering technical, past performance, and price factors. Id. at 75. Thirteen vendors including All-American and FG Management submitted quotations in response to the solicitation. The quotations of All-American and FG Management were evaluated as equal under the technical and past performance factors. COS. All-American quoted a price of $1,837,650, while FG Management quoted a price of $1,720,288.41. Id. The agency selected FG Management as the vendor providing the best value to the government and established the BPA with FG Management. Id. Following notice of the selection decision and a brief explanation of award, All-American submitted this protest to our Office. DISCUSSION All-American contends that the agency's debriefing was inadequate and did not satisfy the debriefing requirements incorporated into the solicitation. The protester also argues that the awardee did not comply with post-award reporting and deliverable requirements identified in the solicitation.