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B-406708 1 (2012-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoyy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A Comptroller General 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 approved for public release. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP File: B-406708 Date: August 3, 2012 Philip J. Davis, Esq., Tracye Winfrey-Howard, Esq., and William M. Novak, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for Deloitte & Touche LLP, the intervenor. Mark A. Allen, Esq., Eric Crane, Esq., Beth Sturgess, Esq., and Barbara Walthers, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's evaluation of protester's key personnel is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that some of the protester's key personnel failed to satisfy minimum requirements identified in the solicitation. DECISION PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC) of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Deloitte & Touche LLP (D&T), of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSSCCG-12-Q-00276 issued by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), for financial management support services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued under Federal Supply Schedule procedures to eight vendors, including PWC and D&T, holding contracts under the General Services Administration's financial and business solutions schedule No. 520-13. Contracting Officer's (CO) Statement at 1. Vendors were informed that the agency's Office of the Chief Financial Officer required a contractor to assist with the assessment of internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with, among other things,

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