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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: M.C. Dean, Inc.
File: B-418553; B-418553.2
Date: June 15, 2020
John R. Prairie, Esq., Samantha S. Lee, Esq., J. Ryan Frazee, Esq., Moshe B. Broder,
Esq., Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., and Adam R. Briscoe, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the
protester.
Richard B. Oliver, Esq., and J. Matthew Carter, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP, for PTSI Managed Services, Inc., the intervenor.
Laura A. Wallace, Esq., and Kathryn B. Codd, Esq., National Security Agency, for the
agency.
John Sorrenti, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest is sustained where record shows that awardee had actual knowledge prior to
award that one of its key personnel was unavailable to perform, but failed to notify the
agency of this material change in circumstances.
DECISION
M.C. Dean, Inc., of Tysons, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to PTSI Managed
Services, Inc. (PTSI), of Pasadena, California, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. H98230-19-R-01 48, issued by the National Security Agency (NSA), Central Security
Service, Maryland Procurement Office to provide maintenance, installation, and
distribution services for the agency's comprehensive enterprise class physical security
system. M.C. Dean challenges almost every aspect of the agency's evaluation.
We sustain the protest.
BACKGROUND
According to the RFP, the agency's security and counterintelligence (S&CI) organization
is responsible for protecting the agency's classified and sensitive information, facilities,
assets, infrastructure and personnel [DELETED], through a comprehensive analysis of
risk and deployment of physical and technical security countermeasures. Agency](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaebht0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)