Two File Protest of DIR Intent to Award IMR Contract to Maximus

By Greg JonesWestern Bureau ChiefTwo companies that submitted proposals to provide independent medical review services − including one that offered the lowest fees − are protesting the California Department of Industrial Relations' notice of intent to award the contract to Maximus Federal Services Inc.The state Department of General Services is currently reviewing the protests to determine whether they have merit, DIR spokesman Peter Melton said in an email Wednesday. The DIR, which planned to formally award the contract on Wednesday, will not do so until the protests are resol...