United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-07-16 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-279773 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279773 P0b002ee18fd4eb82 f:279773 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-279773 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-279773 B-279773 Comptroller General Decision 1. Under solicitation for health care services which directed offerors to submit comprehensive plans for ensuring continuity of service by proposed personnel, agency reasonably gave a higher rating to proposal of offeror that had entered into a formal agreement with another firm to provide emergency medical technician-paramedics, as compared with protester's proposal to use more general recruiting techniques.<p/>2. Under solicitation that advised offerors that agency would not dictate whether health care workers provided by the contractor would be classified as "independent contractors" or "employees" for federal tax purposes, contention, raised after award, that agency unreasonably failed to take into account the tax consequences of awardee's plan to treat proposed employees as independent contractors is an untimely challenge to an alleged solicitation defect. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279773/html/GAOREPORTS-B-279773.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279773/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-279773.pdf GAO/B-279773 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279773 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-279773; SouthWest Critical Care Associates, B-279773, July 16, 1998;