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B-404129 1 (2011-01-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbre0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: ACS Federal Solutions, LLC File: B-404129 Date: January 7, 2011 Thomas C. Papson, Esq., Jason A. Carey, Esq., and Erin B. Sheppard, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for the protester. Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., and Jill R. N. Chung, Esq., for Computer Sciences Corporation, an intervenor. Dennis Adelson, Esq., Herman Narcho, Esq., and Virginia Ackerman, Esq., Department of Labor, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions is denied, where record shows that protester was led during discussions into consideration of that aspect of its proposal that the agency ultimately found introduced a risk; agencies are only required to generally lead offerors into those aspects of their proposals requiring amplification or correction, and need not identify every possible consequence of an offeror's business decision to offer a particular solution. DECISION ACS Federal Solutions, LLC, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), of Falls Church, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DOL089RP20548, issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) for medical bill processing services. ACS asserts that the agency failed to conduct adequate discussions. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplates the award, on a best value basis, of a fixed-price contract to perform medical billing services in connection with DOL's Office of Workers' Compensation programs. The RFP contemplated an implementation period of up to 18 months (comprised of a base implementation period of 5 months, followed by an optional 7-month implementation period, and a second, 6-month, optional implementation period), followed by 4 option years and 2 award years of operational

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