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B-415129.3 1 (2018-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduym0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. ................................................................................................................... Matter of: PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP File: B-415129.3 Date: July 31, 2018 Tina D. Reynolds, Esq., Sandeep Nandivada, Esq., and Cynthia Akatugba, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., Daniel R. Forman, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Christian N. Curran, Esq., and Hart W. Wood, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for KPMG LLP, the intervenor. Robyn Littman, Esq., and Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that the agency failed to perform a price realism evaluation and failed to consider the technical risks resulting from the awardee's low price is dismissed, where the solicitation did not obligate the agency to perform a price realism evaluation. 2. Protest asserting that the agency failed to meaningfully consider both the awardee's alleged adverse past performance and its alleged organizational conflict of interest is dismissed where the allegations do not rise above the level of inference or speculation. DECISION PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector LLP (PWC), of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to KPMG LLP, of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 170836, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for procurement integrity and financial oversight services. The protester contends that the agency failed to conduct a price realism analysis, improperly evaluated KPMG's quotation under the non-price factors, failed to meaningfully consider whether the awardee has an organizational conflict of interest (OCI), and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff determination. We dismiss the protest.

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