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B-415292.2,B-415292.3 1 (2018-05-07)

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GAOU.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: Integral Consulting Services, Inc.

File:        B-415292.2; B-415292.3

Date:        May 7, 2018

David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., and Amy
L. Fuentes, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester.
David A. Edelstein, Esq., Allison Geewax, Esq., and Laurence Schor, Esq., Asmar,
Schor & McKenna, PLLC, for The Buffalo Group, LLC, the intervenor.
Dana J. Chase, Esq., and Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals and source selection decision is
denied where the record shows that the evaluation and selection decision were
reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Integral Consulting Services, Inc. (Integral), of Charlottesville, Virginia, protests the
issuance of a task order to The Buffalo Group, LLC (TBG), of Reston, Virginia, under
request for task order proposals (RTOP) No. W91 1W4-17-R-001 7, issued by the
Department of the Army for biometrics and identity intelligence analytical support
services. The protester challenges the Army's technical evaluation and cost realism
analysis, and contends that the source selection decision is flawed.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The Army issued the RTOP on May 26, 2017, to holders of the Army's Global
Intelligence Support Services (GISS) multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-
quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide all-source and identity intelligence, including
biometric-related analysis and production, document and media exploitation, watch list
management functions, coordination of reach-back support for deployed forces, and

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