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B-404844.5,B-404844.6 1 (2011-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadosp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General m Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been D e c is io n ap.oved for publicrelease.--------------- .................. Matter of: The Emergence Group File: B-404844.5; B-404844.6 Date: September 26, 2011 Daniel R. Forman, Esq., Puja Satiani, Esq., and James G. Peyster, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. Richard J. Conway, Esq., Michael J. Slattery, Esq., and Pablo A. Nichols, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP for FedSys, Inc.; John Tolle, Esq., and Bryan King, Esq., Barton, Baker, Thomas & Tolle, LLP for Global Criminal Justice Solutions, LLC; and William K. Walker, Walker Reausaw, for Bering Straits and Orion Management Joint Venture, the intervenors. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of past performance was unreasonable and inconsistent with the solicitation, where the record shows that the agency did not meaningfully assess the relevance of the offerors' prior contracts. 2. Protest sustained where agency evaluated the protester's proposal under several factors unreasonably and in a manner unequal to how the awardees' proposals were evaluated. DECISION The Emergence Group Advisors, LLC (TEG), of Washington, D.C., protests the award of contracts to BlueLaw International, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia; Bering Straits and Orion Management Joint Venture (BSOM), of Springfield, Virginia; Team Crucible, of Fredericksburg, Virginia; FedSys, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia; and Global Criminal Justice Solutions, LLC (GCJS), of McLean, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. SAQMMA1OR0079, issued by the Department of State (DOS), for criminal justice program support (CJPS). TEG challenges the adequacy of discussions and the propriety of the DOS's technical and past performance evaluations.

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