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B-413523.6,B-413523.7,B-413523.8,B-413523.9 1 (2017-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtil0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General A Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Walden Security; Akal Security, Inc. File: B-413523.6, B-413523.7, B-413523.8, B-413523.9 Date: March 22, 2017 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Walden Security; and Robert K. Tompkins, Esq., Leila S. George-Wheeler, Esq., and Gordon Griffin, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for Akal Security, Inc., the protesters. Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Jayna M. Rust, Esq., and Scott F. Lane, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for Paragon Systems, Inc., the intervenor. C. Joseph Carroll, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest contention that the agency improperly evaluated past performance is sustained where, contrary to the terms of the solicitation, the agency failed to allow one of the protesters an opportunity to address adverse past performance information to which the offeror was not previously given an opportunity to respond. 2. Protests challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's past performance are denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. 3. Protests that the agency failed to properly evaluate technical proposals are denied where the record shows the agency reasonably evaluated proposals in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Walden Security, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Akal Security, Inc., of Espahola, New Mexico, protest the award of three contracts to Paragon Systems, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DJM-16-A32-R-0001 issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), for court security officers (CSO) for three federal judicial circuits. The protesters

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