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B-418487.2,B-418487.3 1 (2021-02-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecls0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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: SOC LLC File: B-418487.2; B-418487.3 Date: February 4, 2021 Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., J. Ryan Frazee, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., and Nicole E. Giles, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Paul E. Pompeo, Esq., Thomas A. Petit, Esq., and Trevor G. Schmitt, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for Aegis Defense Services, LLC d/b/a GardaWorld Federal Services, the intervenor. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated technical and past performance proposals is denied where the record shows that the evaluations were consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and applicable procurement statutes and regulations. 2. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's management strategy and past performance is dismissed where the protester is not an interested party to raise those allegations. DECISION SOC LLC, of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Aegis Defense Services, LLC d/b/a GardaWorld Federal Services, of McLean, Virginia, under task order request for proposals (RFP) No. 19AQMM19R0168, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for security services. SOC complains that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and improperly made the source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On August 5, 2019, DOS issued the RFP against the agency's Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) II multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to procure protective, specialized security, and logistical support services at the U.S.

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