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B-415559,B-415559.2 1 (2018-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadufk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States 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: Systems Plus, Inc. File: B-415559; B-415559.2 Date: January 12, 2018 Richard B. Oliver, Esq., and J. Matthew Carter, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. Erin L. Felix, Esq., and Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for Advanced Concepts and Technologies, Inc., the intervenor. Andrew Lieberman, Esq., and Matthew Faust, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency's evaluation of proposals improperly departed from the process set forth in the solicitation is denied where the agency's decision to evaluate more proposals than anticipated by the solicitation did not prejudice the protester. 2. Protest that the agency failed to evaluate the realism of the awardee's proposed price is denied where the solicitation did not provide for such an evaluation. 3. Protest that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate the awardee's proposed transition plan is denied where, contrary to the protester's allegation, the solicitation did not expressly require vendors' plans to address whether proposed key personnel had completed background investigations. 4. Protest that the awardee engaged in an improper bait and switch scheme is denied where the record does not show that the awardee misrepresented its intention to provide personnel identified in its proposal. DECISION Systems Plus, Inc., a small business, of Rockville, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Advanced Concepts and Technologies, Inc. (ACT), also a small business, of Arlington, Virginia, by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under task order request for proposals (TORFP)

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