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B-408551.3 1 (2013-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqbb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: APlus Technologies, Inc. File: B-408551.3 Date: December 23, 2013 Craig A. Holman, Esq., Kara L. Daniels, Esq., and Steffen G. Jacobsen, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester. Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Scott F. Lane, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for Caduceus Healthcare, Inc., the intervenor. Scott N. Flesch, Esq., and Maj. Joseph K. Venghaus, Department of the Army, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposed compensation plans using an unreliable standard, and unequally rated the awardee's compensation plan as acceptable and the protester's plan as unacceptable, is denied where the record provides no basis to find the standard unreasonable, and where the record does not support the contention that the proposals were unequally evaluated. DECISION APlus Technologies, Inc., of Columbia, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Caduceus Healthcare, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, by the Department of the Army, Army Medical Command, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W81 KOO-1 3-R-001 9 for the services of certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) at the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and nearby military medical facilities. APlus argues that the Army misevaluated its proposal and treated the proposals unequally. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on April 17, 2013, as a commercial services solicitation set aside for the 8(a) program, contemplated the award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-

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