Protest Denial Decision Posted: CMS HIE and Financial Management Operational Analytics contract

Updated April 18, 2025

DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of the awardee’s quotation and selection of the awardee as the best-suited vendor is denied where the evaluation and best-suited vendor determination were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

2. Protest alleging exchanges conducted solely with the awardee were unreasonable and unfair is denied where the exchanges were conducted in accordance with the terms of the solicitation.

A Square Group, LLC (ASG), a small business of Rockville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Cogent People Inc. (Cogent), a small business of Columbia, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 230314, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for health insurance marketplace and financial management operational analytics. The protester challenges the agency’s evaluation of Cogent’s quotation and best-suited vendor determination, as well as CMS’s conduct of exchanges.

We deny the protest.

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Updated April 11, 2025

After an elongated battle, the latest word is that the lone known GAO protest filed in relation to this high profile Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contract has been denied.

Protester: A Square Group, LLC
Solicitation Number: RFQ-230314
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
File number: B-421792.5
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: Apr 11, 2025

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