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B-421164,B-421164.2 Jan 11, 2023 1 (2023-01-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaooef0001 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 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Ahtna Professional Services, Inc. File: B-421164; B-421164.2 Date: January 11, 2023 Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., and Michael E. Hatch, Esq., Ward & Berry, PLLC, for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for IMAQ Walden JV, the intervenor. Patrick J. Madigan, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Jacob M. Talcott, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest alleging awardee engaged in impermissible bait and switch is dismissed where protester fails to demonstrate awardee baited the agency by proposing key personnel the awardee knew or should have known to be unavailable to perform the contract. DECISION Ahtna Professional Services, Inc. (APSI), an 8(a) small business of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to IMAQ Walden JV (IWJV), also an 8(a)1 small business of Anchorage, Alaska, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70FA2022R00000002, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, for security guard services for the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama. The protester contends the agency's evaluation of proposals was unreasonable, and the resulting best-value tradeoff 1 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637(a), authorizes the Small Business Administration to enter into contracts with government agencies and to arrange for performance of those contracts through subcontracts with socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.800. This program is commonly referred to as the 8(a) program.

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