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B-418580 1 (2020-06-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation File: B-418580 Date: June 17, 2020 Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Ryan D. Stalnaker, Esq., John M Satira, Esq., and Peter T. Thomas, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for the protester. Douglas W. Kornreich, Esq., and Pamela Waldron, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably eliminated protester's proposal from consideration where the proposal contained multiple weaknesses and significant weaknesses including failure to adequately address the solicitation's requirements regarding staffing and jurisdiction-specific risks. DECISION Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS), of Madison, Wisconsin, protests the decision by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to exclude WPS's proposal from further consideration under request for proposals (RFP) No. 75FCMC1 9R0002 for Medicare administration services. WPS asserts that the agency's bases for excluding WPS's proposal were unreasonable and inconsistent with the provisions of the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND In February 2019, the agency issued RFP No. 75FCMC19ROO02 to obtain Medicare benefit and claims administration services1 from a Medicare Administrative Contractor 1 The solicitation provides that the awardee will, among other things, receive/control Medicare claims from healthcare providers, suppliers, and beneficiaries; determine (continued...)

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