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B-406958.3,B-406958.4 1 (2013-01-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadphc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Acc;ntabilty *Infegrlty RelibiIty 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 version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Diversified Collection Services, Inc. File: B-406958.3; B-406958.4 Date: January 8, 2013 Michael D. McGill, Esq., Thomas L. McGovern, III, Esq., Elizabeth J. Galezio, Esq., and Michael J. Scheimer, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP, for the protester. Scott M. McCaleb, Esq., Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., and Noree Lee, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for CGI Federal, Inc., an intervenor. Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that firm should have been disqualified from competition due to a significant impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest is denied, where the agency reasonably concluded that the vendor, if awarded the task order, would not be in a position to evaluate the services it provides to commercial customers. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly conducted discussions solely with the selected vendor is denied where the record shows the exchange at issue constituted a clarification and there was no requirement to also seek clarification from protester. 3. Allegation that vendor's points for negotiation took material exception to the solicitation's terms is denied where the quote, when read as a whole, did not take exception to the terms of the solicitation, the agency did not negotiate any of the identified points with the selected vendor, and the agency's offer of the task order to the vendor evidenced the agency's rejection of the points of negotiation. DECISION Diversified Collection Services, Inc. (DCS), of Livermore, California, protests the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), to award a task order to CGI Federal, Inc., of Fairfax,

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