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B-419508,B-419508.2 Apr 15, 2021 1 (2021-04-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaolkx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Deloitte Consulting, LLP File: B-419508; B-419508.2 Date: April 15, 2021 David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Daniel Strouse, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Andrew R. Guy, Esq., and Anna Menzel, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for Kearney & Company, P.C., the intervenor. Stephene G. Parry, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging award of a federal supply schedule (FSS) task order is sustained where the awardee's quotation represented that the awardee would provide services exceeding the scope of the underlying FSS contract. DECISION Deloitte Consulting LLP, of Arlington, Virginia, protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) issuance of a federal supply schedule (FSS) task order to Kearney & Company, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. ID11200006, to provide cybersecurity and privacy support services for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Deloitte protests that Kearney's quotation reflects services that are beyond the scope of the FSS labor categories on which Kearney's quotation is based. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND In August 2020, the GSA issued the final version of the RFQ,1 pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 procedures, seeking quotations to provide cybersecurity support services for HUD's Chief Information Officer, Chief Privacy 1 The solicitation was initially posted to the government's e-Buy website in May 2020.

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