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B-416377.5,B-416377.8 1 (2020-04-02)

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GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States



                                                DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Decision                                     IThe decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                              a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                              been approved for public release.
Matter of:   MetroStar Systems, Inc.

File:        B-416377.5; B-416377.8

Date:        April 2, 2020

James Y. Boland, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Caleb E. McCallum,
Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester.
Andrew J. Baker, Esq., and Christopher Radcliffe, Esq., Department of Justice, for the
agency.
Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that agency improperly credited awardees for having mandatory certifications
at the time of proposal submission is sustained where the certifications provided by the
awardees' proposals were issued to affiliated entities, and where the proposals did not
otherwise indicate that these certifications applied to the awardees themselves at the
time of proposal submission.

2. Protest that agency unreasonably credited an awardee with the corporate
experience and past performance of affiliated entities is sustained, where the record
does not show that the affiliates will provide resources or be relied upon for contract
performance.
DECISION

MetroStar Systems, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the award of five indefinite-
delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts under request for proposals (RFP) No.
DJJP-1 7-RFP-1 022, issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for information
technology support services.' The protester argues that the agency conducted an


1 The five awardees are: Ace Info Solutions, Inc. (AceInfo); Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH);
CACI, Inc.-Federal (CACI); SRA International, A CSRA Inc. Company (SRA); and NTT
Data Federal Services. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 4. While SRA
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