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B-278400 1 (1998-01-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahoh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: University of Kansas Medical Center File: B-278400 Date: January 26, 1998 Michael J. Blake, Esq., Levy and Craig, for the protester. Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Dennis Foley, Esq., Jane Converse, Esq., and Phillip Kauffman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Determination to award to offeror submitting higher-priced, technically superior proposal under a solicitation which stated that proposed price was more important than technical evaluation factors is unobjectionable where the agency reasonably determined that the awardee's substantial technical advantage warranted payment of the price premium associated with its proposal. 2. Agency conducted meaningful discussions where it led protester into area of its proposal that required amplification and improvement. DECISION The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) protests the award of a contract to Health MidWest under request for proposals (RFP) No. 589-07-97 issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for radiation therapy, consultation, and treatment of veterans. The protester argues that the agency improperly evaluated technical proposals, failed to conduct meaningful discussions, and made an improper award based on a defective cost/technical trade-off. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on February 20, 1997, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for a base year, with two 1-year options. The solicitation, which required that contractors be licensed by the state in which they operate and be accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO),1 1The JCAHO is an independent organization that monitors and rates the performance of hospital systems.

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