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B-401068.14,B-401068.15 1 (2013-01-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpir0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accntabiity I ntegrity I ReIIbiIty 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: Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation File: B-401068.14; B-401068.15 Date: January 16, 2013 Steven S. Diamond, Esq., Ronald A. Schechter, Esq., Stuart W. Turner, Esq., Dominique L. Casimir, Esq., Emma V. Broomfield, Esq., Lauren L. Schlanger, Esq., and Derrick L. Williams, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., Peter J. Eyre, Esq., Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., Grant J. Book, Esq., Stephan D. Rice, Esq., Jacinta L. Alves, Esq., Derek R. Mullins, Esq., Margaret, A. Nielsen, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, and Barbara A. Duncombe, Esq., and Suzanne Sumner, Esq., Taft Stettinius and Hollister LLP, for National Government Services, Inc., the intervenor. Anthony E. Marrone, Esq. and Jamie B. Insley, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably considered protester's adverse past performance related to information system security requirements, along with awardee's commendable past performance regarding those requirements, in determining that awardee's past performance was superior to protester's, and agency reasonably considered that superiority in making award. 2. Agency reasonably concluded that awardee's proposal reflected a superior technical understanding of the contract requirements, where agency reasonably found that awardee's proposal included innovations to address the contract's unique requirements and that protester's proposal failed to recognize the complexity of the solicitation's requirements. 3. Protest challenging agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where record establishes that agency's realism determinations were reasonable, including agency's determination to upwardly adjust protester's proposed cost/price where protester's proposal failed to establish a basis for substantially reducing protester's historical costs.

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