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B-310801 1 (2008-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavyb0001 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: NHIC Corporation File: B-310801; B-310801.2 Date: February 12, 2008 Daniel R. Forman, Esq., John E. McCarthy Jr., Esq., Shauna E. Alonge, Esq., and Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., Kevin C. Dwyer, Esq., Daniel E. Chudd, Esq., Eric R. Haren, Esq., and James C. Cox, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for Palmetto GBA, LLC, an intervenor. Christine Simpson, Esq., and Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg., Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging cost realism analysis is denied, where agency performed a comprehensive analysis of all major cost elements and relied on subject matter experts to reasonably determine that proposed costs were consistent with each offeror's technical approach and were realistic for the work to be performed. DECISION NHIC Corporation protests the award of a contract to Palmetto GBA, LLC, issued by the Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for the administration of Medicare claims. NHIC challenges the agency's cost realism evaluation. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for award of a cost-plus-award-fee contract for the combined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare fee-for-service claims. Under this contract, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) is to provide claims processing, payment, and other administrative services for Jurisdiction 1, which consists of California, Nevada, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Hawaii. RFP §§ B.1, B.2. Both NHIC and Palmetto previously provided these services for various jurisdictions under separate contracts for Part A and Part B

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