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B-420850 Oct 03, 2022 1 (2022-10-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaonsf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Sigma Interalbanian Vienna Insurance Group File: B-420850 Date: October 3, 2022 Genond Mesareja for the protester. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably excluded protester's proposal from the competitive range where the agency determined that, due to its high price, the proposal had no reasonable chance of being selected for award. DECISION Sigma Interalbanian Vienna Insurance Group, of Pristina, Kosovo, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. 19KV4222R0001, issued by the Department of State to provide employee health insurance at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo. Sigma asserts that the agency's decision to eliminate Sigma's proposal on the basis of its high price was unreasonable because Sigma is the incumbent contractor; the other offerors' prices are unrealistic; the agency did not consider the financial status of offerors by requiring submission of financial statements; and the agency did not provide Sigma with a negotiation letter prior to excluding it from the competitive range. Protest at 2-5. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 2, 2022, the agency issued RFP No. 19KV4222R0001, seeking proposals to provide health insurance for locally employed staff and their eligible dependents at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, RFP at 1-3. The solicitation stated that award would be made on the basis of the lowest-priced, technically acceptable (LPTA) proposal. Id. at 58.

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