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B-418754,B-418754.2 1 (2020-08-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebqu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO 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 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Integrated Medical Solutions, LLC File: B-418754; B-418754.2 Date: August 20, 2020 Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Thomas K. David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Andrew Guy, Esq., and Michael W. Pierce, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for NaphCare, Inc., the intervenor. Thomas Sutton, Esq., and Oleta Vassilopoulos, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's conduct of discussions is denied where the discussions were meaningful and equal, tailored to each offeror's proposal, and led offerors into the general areas of their proposals requiring amplification or revision. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of technical proposals and source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the evaluation and selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Integrated Medical Solutions, LLC (IMS), of Mansfield, Texas, protests the award of a contract to NaphCare, Inc., of Birmingham, Alabama, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 15B31719R00000001, issued by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), for comprehensive medical services for the federal correctional institution at Bennettsville, South Carolina (FCI Bennettsville). IMS argues that the agency conducted misleading and unequal discussions. IMS also argues that the agency failed to evaluate proposals pursuant to the solicitation criteria and that the award decision was unreasonable. We deny the protest.

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