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B-419336.2,B-419336.4,B-419336.6 1 (2021-01-21)

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                    1Oo 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:   Deloitte Consulting LLP

File:     B-419336.2; B-419336.4; B-419336.6

Date:     January 21,   2021

Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Adam A. Bartolanzo, Esq., and Nikole Snyder, Esq., Sheppard
Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for the protester.
Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., Brittin Law Group, PLLC, and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Dunlap
Bennett & Ludwig PLLC,  for Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC, the intervenor.
Michael Kiffney, Esq., Christopher Reames, Esq., and Thomas McGivern, Esq.,
Department  of Homeland Security, for the agency.
April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the protester's and awardee's quotations
under the non-price factors is denied where the record shows that the agency's
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and
applicable procurement law and regulation.

2. Protest challenging agency's price evaluation, including the conclusion that the
awardee's higher price was reasonable, is denied where the record shows that the
agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and
applicable procurement law and regulation.

3. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the
agency documented   its basis for selecting a higher-priced, technically superior
quotation and where the underlying evaluation was reasonable.
DECISION

Deloitte Consulting LLP of Arlington, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket
purchase agreement  (BPA) with Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC of Arlington,
Virginia, by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 70T04020Q9CAP8003
for program analysis and strategic support services. Deloitte protests various aspects
of the agency's evaluation and source selection decision.

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