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B-412434,B-412434.2 1 (2016-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrzt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f\ G A Comptroller General ~ty * Integrity * Rel lability 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. Decision Matter of: Allied Technology Group, Inc. File: B-412434; B-412434.2 Date: February 10, 2016 Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., and Nooree Lee, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, for the protester. Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Caroline A. Keller, Esq., Kirsten W. Konar, Esq., and Jacob W. Scott, Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., for the intervenor. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Carl Vernetti, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging an agency's technical evaluation and best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the record demonstrates that the evaluation and tradeoff decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest alleging that awardee engaged in an improper bait and switch scheme regarding its proposed personnel is denied where the record does not demonstrate that awardee knowingly or negligently represented that it would rely on specific personnel that it did not reasonably expect to furnish during contract performance. DECISION Allied Technology Group, Inc. (ATG), of Rockville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to MacAulay Brown, Inc. (MacB), of Dayton, Ohio, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSBP1013ROO90, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for support services for the Office of Technology, Innovation, and Acquisition (OTIA).1 ATG challenges 1 Although the solicitation (which was amended four times) anticipated the issuance of a task order, the solicitation was issued as an RFP. Our references are to the conformed version of the solicitation provided by the agency, unless otherwise indicated.

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