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B-409811,B-409811.2 1 (2014-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqoy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller 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: CPS Professional Services, LLC File: B-409811; B-409811.2 Date: August 13, 2014 Andrew J. Mohr, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., and Amy J. Spencer, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the protester. David T. Hickey, Esq., Dorn C. McGrath III, Esq., William M. Jack, Esq., and Amba M. Datta, Esq., Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, counsel for Arc Aspicio, LLC, the intervenor. Douglas Becker, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained in a Federal Supply Schedule procurement that provided for issuance of a task order on a best-value basis, where the agency failed to reasonably assess the comparative merit of the vendors' past performance as required by the solicitation. DECISION CPS Professional Services LLC, of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of an order to Arc Aspicio LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSCEMD-1 4-Q-00001, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for school certification support services. CPS challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations and selection decision. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued as a small business set-aside under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 8.4, sought quotations from vendors holding FSS schedule 874 (mission oriented business integrated services) for various services supporting the agency's Student and

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