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B-415504,B-415504.2 1 (2018-01-18)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector, LLP

File:       B-415504; B-415504.2

Date:       January 18, 2018

Michael J. Vernick, Esq., Brendan M. Lill, Esq., Katherine L. Morga, Esq., and Christine
Reynolds, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP, for the protester.
Jamie F. Tabb, Esq., Michael R. Charness, Esq., Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre, Esq., Ryan
D. Stalnaker, Esq., and Tyler E. Robinson, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for the
intervenor.
Christine Couvillon, Esq., Peter G. Hartman, Esq., and Reid MacHarg, Esq.,
Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's technical and price evaluations is denied where the
evaluations and source selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the
terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

PricewaterhouseCoopers Public Sector, LLP (PWC), of McLean, Virginia, protests the
issuance of a task order to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc. (BAE),
of Rockville, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HSHQDC-1 7-Q-00213,
issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support DHS's Federal
Network Resilience division. PWC challenges the agency's technical and price
evaluations and source selection decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

DHS issued the RFQ on July 10, 2017, to holders of the National Institutes of Health
Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC), Chief
Information Office, Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) government-wide acquisition
contract (GWAC). Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFQ at 1-2. CIO-SP3 is a 10-year,

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