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B-412717,B-412717.2 1 (2016-05-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsgd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General ! Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S ta te s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u n ta b ility O ff ic e ........................................................................................................................ Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company File: B-412717; B-412717.2 Date: May 13, 2016 Thomas P. Humphrey, Esq., John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Jacinta L. Alves, Esq., Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Mark A. Ries, Esq., Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., and Hart W. Wood, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP; and Margaret M. Allen, Esq., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Nooree Lee, Esq., Patrick J. Stanton, Esq., Wesley W. Wintermyer, Esq., Alan A. Pemberton, Esq., Jason N. Workmaster, Esq., and Luke W. Meier, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP; Ellen C. Bonner, Esq., Calloway Bonner, PLLC; and Cristina R. Silva, Esq., Highmark Health, for United Concordia Companies, Inc., the intervenor. Whitney L. Michak, Esq., Russell K. Pippin, Esq., and Erik A. Troff, Esq., Defense Health Agency, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the technical merit and technical risk of proposals is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's past performance is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff selecting a lower technically-rated, lower-priced proposal is denied where the decision was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), of New York, New York, protests the award of a contract to United Concordia Companies, Inc. (UCCI), of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HT9402-15-R-0001, which

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