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B-405868 1 (2012-01-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadorj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Cognosante, LLC File: B-405868 Date: January 5, 2012 Thomas L. McGovern III, Esq., Michael D. McGill, Esq., and Elizabeth J. Galezio, Esq., Hogan Lovells US, LLP, for the protester. Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., Brittin Law Group, PLLC, for Health Integrity, LLC, an intervenor. Brian E. Hildebrandt, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest against exclusion of protester from the competition is denied where contracting officer reasonably determined that protester's dual role as both a state and federal audit contractor with respect to the Medicaid program would pose an impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest that would not be adequately mitigated by protester's proposed firewall. DECISION Cognosante, LLC, of McLean, Virginia, protests the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to issue a task order to Health Integrity, LLC, of Easton, Maryland, instead of Cognosante, under request for task order proposals (RTOP) No. CMS-1 1-AUDIT- TO2R, due to an alleged organizational conflict of interest (OCI) on the part of Cognosante. Cognosante asserts that the agency's determination of an OCI and rejection of its proposed mitigation plan were unreasonable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Cognosante holds one of five indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) CMS contracts for auditing services supporting the integrity of the Medicaid program. The

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