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B-410028 1 (2014-10-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqqz0001 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: Q2 Administrators, LLC File: B-410028 Date: October 14, 2014 Drew W. Marrocco, Esq., and Leslie Barry, Esq., Dentons US LLP, for the protester. Thomas K. David, Esq., Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., and Walter J. Batla, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP, for C2C Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Lucy G. Mac Gabhann, Esq., and Douglas Kornreich, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that an awardee has an impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest is denied where the agency's contracting officer reasonably investigated the awardee's relationship with its parent organization, and reasonably concluded that no conflict exists. DECISION Q2 Administrators, LLC, of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to C2C Solutions, Inc., of Jacksonville, Florida, under letter request for proposals (RFP) No. 140994, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The solicitation sought proposals from qualified independent contractors to conduct reconsiderations of Medicare Part B claim determinations. The protester contends that C2C has an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) that should have disqualified the firm from the competition.1 We deny the protest. 1 The estimated value of the task order at issue is in excess of $10 million. Accordingly, this procurement is within our jurisdiction to hear protests related to the issuance of task orders under multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts. 41 U.S.C. § 4106(f)(1)(B).

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