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B-415940.12,B-415940.14,B-415940.20,B-415940.21,B-415940.26,B-415940.27 1 (2018-07-02)

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GAO U.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
Decision                                 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                         been approved for public release.


Matter of:  Dewberry Crawford Group; Partner 4 Recovery
File:       B-415940.12; B-415940.14; B-415940.20; B-415940.21 ; B-415940.26;
            B-415940.27

Date:       July 2, 2018

Terry L. Elling, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Elizabeth N. Jochum, Esq., and
Rodney M. Perry, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Dewberry Crawford Group; Kevin P.
Connelly, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Marques 0. Peterson, Esq., and Tamara Droubi,
Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., for Partner 4 Recovery, the protesters.
Robert J. Symon, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley
Arant Boult Cummings LLP, CH2M Hill-CDM PA TAC Recovery Services, an intervenor.
Hillary J. Freund, Esq., and Nathaniel J. Greeson, Esq., Department of Homeland
Security, for the agency.
Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., Young H. Cho, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that the agency unreasonably assigned significant weaknesses and
weaknesses to the protesters' proposals is denied, where the record shows that the
agency reasonably concluded that the proposals did not meet the solicitation
requirements.

2. Protest that the agency engaged in unequal treatment is denied, where the
differences in ratings stemmed from actual differences between the offerors' proposals.

3. Protest that the agency made an unsupportable selection decision is denied where
the decision was reasonable and the source selection authority relied on a detailed draft
decision document in exercising his independent judgment.
DECISION

Dewberry Crawford Group (DCG), of Fairfax, Virginia, and Partner 4 Recovery (P4R), of
Germantown, Maryland, protest the award of a contract to CH2M Hill-CDM PA TAC
Recovery Services (CCPRS), of Englewood, Colorado, under request for proposals
(RFP) No. HSFE80-17-R-0004, issued by the Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for advisory and assistance

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