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B-421623.5 Jan 25, 2024 1 (2024-01-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaopud0001 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release Matter of: Maxmed Healthcare, Inc. File: B-421623.5 Date: January 25, 2024 Shane J. McCall, Esq., Nicole D. Pottroff, Esq., John L. Holtz, Esq., Stephanie L. Ellis, Esq., and Greg P. Weber, Esq., Koprince McCall Pottroff, LLC, for the protester. Colby L. Sullins, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging use of highest technically rated offerors with a fair and reasonable price source selection method, for failing to properly consider price, is denied where the protester fails to establish that such an approach is prohibited by statute or regulation. DECISION Maxmed Healthcare, Inc., a small business of San Antonio, Texas, challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. HT001523R0003, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA) for medical professional staffing services. Maxmed contends that the solicitation provides for competition without the evaluation of price, and improperly allows for the past performance evaluation of only one partner in a joint venture. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Medical Q-Coded Support and Services--Next Generation procurement at issue here was designed by DHA to establish multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity (IDIQ) contracts, in two business-size categories, small business and

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