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B-401652.12,B-401652.13 1 (2012-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoxy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General . inm lmm 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corporation File: B-401652.12; B-401652.13 Date: July 2, 2012 Robert S. Ryland, Esq., Edward H. Meyers, Esq., and H. Boyd Greene, IV, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and Kathleen C. Little, Esq., Michael R. Charness, Esq., Suzanne D. Reifman, Esq., Robert J. Rothwell, Esq., Amanda J. Dietrick, Esq., Elizabeth A. Krabill, Esq., Jenny Yang, Esq., and Erin N. Rankin, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for the protester. Thomas P. Humphrey, Esq., David Z. Bodenheimer, Esq., Peter J. Eyre, Esq., Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., Sarah B. Gleich, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Jacinta Alves, Esq., Stephan Daniel Rice, Esq., and Derek R. Mullins, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, and Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Brian G. Walsh, Esq., and Rachel A. Alexander, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the intervenor. Michael E. Jonasson, Esq., Roger Corman, Esq., Dennis Dyke, Esq., Jim Douglas, Esq., Whitney Michak, Esq., and Ken Lieb, Esq., Office of TRICARE Management Activity, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation and source selection were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement laws and regulations. 2. Agency evaluators' decision not to credit protester's proposal with approximately $200 million in cost savings for the firm's additional network discount guarantee related to active duty service member beneficiaries was reasonable where agency analyzed all of the information regarding the discount and concluded that the additional guarantee would not result in quantifiable cost savings above those already obtained by operation of law as a result of the offeror's primary discount. 3. Protest alleging that, in its evaluation of the protester's proposal, the agency unreasonably ignored information that was too close at hand is denied where the

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