A firm protested a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) contract award for medical peer review services, contending that HHS: (1) improperly evaluated the awardee's proposal; and (2) failed to investigate a possible procurement integrity violation. GAO held that: (1) the awardee's representation that it was a physician-sponsored organization entitled it to an evaluation preference; (2) th...

Protest challenging evaluation preference given to awardee's proposal is denied where. Even if protester is correct that awardee should not have received the 100 point evaluation preference. Protester was not prejudiced since protester's evaluation score still would be 225 points lower than awardee's. Record indicates agency reasonably relied on awardee's representation that it was a physician spo...