About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-420627 Jun 30, 2022 1 (2022-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaonjc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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: Apprio, Inc. File: B-420627 Date: June 30, 2022 John E. Jensen, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., Robert C. Starling, Esq., and Ariella M. Cassell, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, and James C. Fontana, Esq., and L. James D'Agostino, Esq., Fontana Law Group, PLLC, for the protester. J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Allison M. Siegel, Esq., Venable LLP, for Leidos, Inc., the intervenor. Joseph H. Doyle, Esq., and Matthew Lane, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Raymond Richards, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's cost realism evaluation is sustained where the record does not demonstrate that the agency assessed the awardee's proposed direct labor rates or the awardee's approach to rate escalation, and where the record shows that the agency employed a standard deviation methodology in an unreasonable manner. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's technical proposal under the corporate experience factor is sustained where the record shows that the agency assessed an unreasonable weakness, and where the agency's response to the protest was not supported by the contemporaneous record. 3. Challenge to the evaluation of the awardee's proposal under the staffing plan and key personnel experience factor is dismissed for failing to state a valid basis of protest. DECISION Apprio, Inc., of Washington, District of Columbia, protests the issuance of a task order to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70FA2022Q00000003, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for training services to be performed at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Alabama. The protester

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most