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B-411608.2 1 (2015-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrml0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been Decision Lapproved for public release. Matter of: Health Innovation and Technology Venture File: B-411608.2 Date: September 14, 2015 Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., Protorae Law PLLC, for the protester. Jeffery M. Chiow, Esq., Neil H. O'Donnell, Esq., and Lucas T. Hanback, Esq., Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, for the intervenor, Edaptive Systems LLC. Douglas Kornreich, Esq., and Tony Ross, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Brent Burris, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency did not meaningfully consider whether task orders held by awardee's subcontractor created an impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest is denied where the protester failed to present hard facts indicating the existence of a conflict. 2. Protest challenging agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where agency's cost evaluation errors did not result in competitive prejudice to the protester. DECISION Health Innovation and Technology Venture (HIT), of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Edaptive Systems LLC, of Owings Mills, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HHSM-500-2015-XXXXX, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The RFP sought comprehensive testing strategy and testing support services for information technology (IT) systems. The protester argues that the agency erred in finding that the awardee did not have an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) and in evaluating the awardee's proposal. We deny the protest.

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