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B-310801.6,B-310801.7,B-31080.10 1 (2008-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoxl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i G A 0Comptroller General .im 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-- Decision Matter of: TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC File: B-310801.6; B-310801.7; B-310801.10 Date: October 6, 2008 W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., Kevin C. Dwyer, Esq., Edward Jackson, Esq., Daniel E. Chudd, Esq., and Damien C. Specht, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for the protester. David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., Philip A. Nacke, Esq., and Frank S. Murray, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP, for Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc., the intervenor. Anthony E. Marrone, Esq., and Jamie B. Insley, Esq., Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where agency treated offerors disparately in the conduct of discussions and the evaluation record does not support the source selection authority's findings of significant discriminators among competing proposals. DECISION TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC protests the award of a contract to Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-CMS-2007-0002 issued by the Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for the administration of Medicare claims. We sustain the protest. The RFP provided for the award of a cost-plus-award-fee contract for the combined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare fee-for-service claims to a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). The MAC is to provide claims processing, payment, and other administrative services for Jurisdiction 7, which consists of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. RFP §§ B.1, B.2. The contract included a 12-month implementation period, a 9-month base period, four 1-year option periods, and a 6-month period for outgoing contractor workload transition activities. Id. § F.2.

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