Veterans Administration officials say the do not plan to rebid medical examination contracts valued at up to $6.8 billion, but they do plan to address concerns about the massive procurement raised by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
"The VA does not have plans to reissue this solicitation," said VA spokesman Henry Huntley, adding "we are working on reconciling issues raised by GAO in the protest."
The statement follows the disclosure of a GAO review of the contracting process in the award of contracts to conduct medical exams on thousands of veterans seeking disability assistance.
The GAO, acting on protests filed by two of the bidders on the contract, found that the VA made "prejudicial errors" in its review of the bids.
The GAO had recommended that the VA reopen negotiations with the offerors and solicit and evaluate revised proposals and then make new source selection decisions.
Scott Orr of VES Services, which filed one of the protests said, "We look forward to the VA addressing the issues raised and the recommendations made by the GAO in its decision."
Under the protested contracts awarded by the VA, the bulk of the work would go to QTC Medical, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin.
The California firm was formerly headed by Anthony Principi, who served as VA Secretary. Principi is now registered as a lobbyist for Lockheed, but he said in response to questions that he was not involved in preparing a bid.
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