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B-420940.3,B-420940.4,B-420940.5,B-420940.6 Dec 14, 2022 1 (2022-12-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaooay0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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
a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has now
been approved for public release.
Matter of: Chags Health Information Technology, LLC
File:     B-420940.3, B-420940.4, B-420940.5, B-420940.6
Date:     December 14, 2022
Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for the protester.
Elizabeth Jochum, Esq., Amanda DeLaPerriere, Esq., and David Bodner, Esq., Blank
Rome LLP, for Sparksoft Corporation, the intervenor.
Pamela Waldron, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency.
Michelle E. Litteken, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals under nonprice factors is
denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the
record shows that the agency's award decision was reasonable and consistent with the
terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Chags Health Information Technology, LLC (Chags), a small business of Columbia,
Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Sparksoft Corporation (Sparksoft), a
small business of Catonsville, Maryland, under task order request for proposals (TORP)
No. 75FCMC22RO017, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for enterprise portal services (EPS).
The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals under the nonprice
factors, the best-value tradeoff decision, and the agency's determination that the
protester improperly took exception to a material TORP term.

We deny the protest.

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