Majority of TRICARE Protests Amounted to Mere Disagreement with Agency’s Evaluation; GAO B-411837.2, UnitedHealth Military & Veterans Services, LLC; WellPoint Military Care Corporation; Health Net Federal Services, LLC

Protest arguing the agency failed to consider the realism of offerors’ proposals is denied, where the record showed the agency found all the proposals demonstrated a clear understanding of the contract requirements and the program risks, and documented these findings in its evaluation; and protest challenging various aspects of the agency’s technical and past performance evaluations is denied, where the protesters’ mere disagreement with the agency’s conclusions provided no evidence of error on the agency’s part; and protest arguing the agency failed to consider the effect of the potential corporate acquisition of the awardee’s parent company is denied, where the acquisition has not occurred and is unlikely to occur, because the Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the transaction; and protest arguing the awardee took material exception to a solicitation requirement and should have been found ineligible for award is denied, where the awardee’s erroneous reference to outdated quality standards did not affect the purpose for which the quality management plan was submitted nor the stated basis for evaluation of the plan.