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B-419336,B-419336.3,B-419336.5 1 (2021-01-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecml0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1 'D U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE G A O( A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States 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: Guidehouse LLP File: B-419336; B-419336.3; B-419336.5 Date: January 21, 2021 Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Samantha S. Lee, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., Lindy C. Bathurst, Esq., and Adam R. Briscoe, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., Brittin Law Group, PLLC, and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC, for Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC, the intervenor. Michael Kiffney, Esq., Christopher Reames, Esq., and Thomas McGivern, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the protester's and awardee's quotations under the non-price factors is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement law and regulation. 2. Protest challenging agency's price evaluation, including the conclusion that the awardee's higher price was reasonable, is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement law and regulation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the agency documented its basis for selecting a higher-priced, technically superior quotation and where the underlying evaluation was reasonable. DECISION Guidehouse LLP of McLean, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC of Arlington, Virginia, by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70TO4020RQCAP8003 for program analysis and strategic support services. Guidehouse protests various aspects of the agency's evaluation and source selection decision.

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