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B-410597.2,B-410597.3 1 (2015-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadteb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f\ G A Comptroller General ~ty * Integrity * Rel lability 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. Decision Matter of: Palmetto GBA, LLC File: B-410597.2; B-410597.3 Date: August 26, 2015 Craig A. Holman, Esq., Kara L. Daniels, Esq., Dana E. Koffman, Esq., Nicole B. Neuman, Esq., and Emma K. Dinan, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester. Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Tyler E. Robinson, Esq., Samantha S. Lee, Esq., and George E. Petel, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for AdvanceMed Corporation, an intervenor. Christian P. Maimone, Esq., and Robyn A. Littman, 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 challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal is sustained where the awardee's misrepresentation of its proposed key personnel materially affected the agency's technical and cost evaluations, resulting in a flawed best value tradeoff and source selection decision. DECISION Palmetto GBA, LLC, of Columbia, South Carolina, protests the award of a contract to AdvanceMed Corporation of Baltimore, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HHSM-500-2012-RFP-0008, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for a National Supplier Clearinghouse Medicare Administrative Contractor (NSCMAC). Palmetto challenges the agency's technical and cost evaluations and source selection decision. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The NSCMAC is the single CMS contractor that issues and revokes Medicare billing privileges for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS). RFP amend. 2, § J.1, Statement of Work (SOW), at 5. The

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