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B-296307 1 (2005-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqxc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability 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. Decision Matter of: Delta Dental of California File: B-296307; B-296307.2 Date: July 28, 2005 Patricia A. Meagher, Esq., Neil H. O'Donnell, Esq., Thomas D. Blanford, Esq., Mark A. Kahn, Esq., and David F. Innes, Esq., Rogers Joseph O'Donnell & Phillips, and Robert S. Ryland, Esq., and Nicole E. Goldstein, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis, for the protester. David P. Metzger, Esq., Michele Mintz Brown, Esq., Anand V. Ramana, Esq., and Stuart Turner, Esq., Holland & Knight, for United Concordia Companies, Inc., an intervenor. Rhonda L. Bershok, Esq., and Kenneth Lieb, Esq., TRICARE Management Activity, Department of Defense, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's allegation that the agency's evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable, unfair, and inconsistent with the stated evaluation criteria is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable, and that the solicitation's evaluation criteria were fairly and consistently applied in the agency's assessment of both the protester's and the awardee's proposals. DECISION Delta Dental of California protests the award of a contract to United Concordia Companies, Inc. (UCCI), by the Department of Defense's (DOD) TRICARE Management Activity, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. H94002-04-R- 0002, issued to procure dental insurance services for eligible beneficiaries who volunteer to enroll in TRICARE's dental plan. Delta argues that the agency conducted a flawed evaluation of technical proposals, and failed to perform a reasonable price realism evaluation. We deny the protest.

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