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B-409066.2,B-409066.3 1 (2014-06-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqiw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A Comptroller General c ity * Integrity * Rellability 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: Paragon Systems, Inc.; SecTek, Inc. File: B-409066.2; B-409066.3 Date: June 4, 2014 Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Scott F. Lane, Esq., and Jayna M. Rust, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for Paragon Systems, Inc.; and Jeffrey Weinstein, Esq., Weinstein Law Group, PLLC, for SecTek, Inc., the protesters. Christopher McHale, Esq., for MVM, Inc., the intervenor. Dorothy Guy, Esq., and Lucinda E. Davis, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests that agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision are denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation; protest that agency improperly failed to perform price realism analysis is denied where the record shows that the protester was not prejudiced by any such error. DECISION Paragon Systems, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, and SecTek, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protest the award of a contract to MVM, Inc., of Ashburn, Virginia, by the Social Security Administration (SSA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-1 3-0008 for security guard services at the SSA Headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland. Paragon and SecTek both argue that the agency misevaluated the proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protests. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on April 5, 2013, as a commercial item solicitation, sought proposals to provide guard services and control center operations services for SSA headquarters buildings. Award was to be made to the offeror whose proposal

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