In this respect, the solicitation provided that “the Government is more concerned with obtaining superior technical/management features than with making an award at the lowest overall cost to the Government.” Id. When combined, the non-cost factors were significantly more important than cost. The solicitation provided for award on a best-value tradeoff basis consisting of cost and five non‑cost evaluation factors. The solicitation contemplated the award of a cost-plus-award-fee (CPAF) task order for a base year and four 12‑month options. The solicitation sought proposals to support the agency’s fraud, waste, and abuse detection, deterrence, and prevention activities for Medicare and Medicaid claims within the Western Jurisdiction. The agency issued the solicitation on July 13, 2016, to contractors holding one of CMS’s Unified Program Integrity Contract (UPIC) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts. The protester challenges the agency’s cost realism evaluation of Health Integrity’s proposal.

AdvanceMed Corporation, of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Health Integrity, LLC, of Easton, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HHSM-500-201, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), for Medicare and Medicaid program integrity services.

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