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B-412967.3,B-412967.4 1 (2017-09-26)

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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:   InGenesis, Inc.

File:        B-412967.3; B-412967.4

Date:       September 26, 2017

Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law, for the protester.
Karen L. Manos, Esq., and Lindsay M. Paulin, Esq., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, for
Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., the intervenor.
Christopher M. Alwood, Esq., and Tatiana Boza, Esq., Department of Homeland
Security, for the agency.
Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging contracting agency's evaluation of protester's proposal and its
exclusion from the competitive range is denied where the record shows that the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, and
where the agency reasonably determined that the protester's proposal was not among
the most highly rated.
DECISION

InGenesis, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, protests the exclusion of its proposal from the
competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSCEDM-16-R-00002, issued
by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) for on-site medical staffing services, including medical,
dental, and mental health care to ICE detainees. InGenesis challenges the agency's
evaluation of its proposal and the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on March 24, 2016, contemplated award of a labor-hour, time-and-
materials contract using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 15
procedures for source selection. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP at 1. Award would

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