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B-404910.4,B-404910.5,B-404910.6,B-404910.9,B-404910.10 1 (2012-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadomx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General i Accountability - Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ited S ta tes G ov e rn m e n t A cco u n tab ility O ffice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n nL.-.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Matter of. AdvanceMed Corporation; TrustSolutions, LLC File: B-404910.4; B-404910.5; B-404910.6; B-404910.9; B-404910.10 Date: January 17, 2012 David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Catherine K. Kroll, Esq., and Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for AdvanceMed Corporation, and Barbara A. Duncombe, Esq., Suzanne Sumner, Esq., Casie E. Hollis, Esq., and Tricia C. Bell, Esq., Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, for TrustSolutions, LLC, the protesters. Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., Mark A. Smith, Esq., and Kyle Gilbertson, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, for Cahaba Safeguard Administrators, LLC, the intervenor. Christine Simpson, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the award was tainted by organizational conflicts of interest is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that the potential areas of concern either did not constitute significant conflicts that warranted disqualification of the awardee, or were significant conflicts that were adequately mitigated. 2. Protest challenging evaluation of the realism of the awardee's proposed labor costs is denied where the contracting officer's use of a sampling method to evaluate the realism of the offerors' proposed costs provided a sufficient basis to conclude that they were realistic. 3. Protest challenging evaluation of offerors' technical proposals is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation, with the exception of some minor non-prejudicial inconsistencies. DECISION AdvanceMed Corporation, of Baltimore, Maryland, and TrustSolutions, LLC, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, protest the award of a contract to Cahaba Safeguard Administrators, LLC, of Birmingham, Alabama, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-CMS-2009-0014, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services,

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