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B-419759,B-419759.8 Jul 21, 2021 1 (2021-07-21)

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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 version has been
approved for public release.
Matter of: Salient CRGT, Inc.,
File:     B-419759; B-419759.8
Date:     July 21, 2021
Lawrence P. Block, Esq., Elizabeth G. Leavy, Esq., William T. Kirkwood, Esq., and
Joshuah R. Turner, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, for the protester.
Gary J. Campbell, Esq., G. Matthew Koehl, Esq., and Lidiya Kurin, Esq., Womble Bond
Dickinson (US) LLP, for Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.; Elizabeth Jochum, Esq., Todd M.
Garland, Esq., and Nora K. Brent, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for RIVA
Solutions, Inc.; David S. Black, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Amy L. Fuentes, Esq.,
and Kelsey M. Hayes, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Steampunk, Inc.; James J.
McCullough, Esq., Michael J. Anstett, Esq., Anayansi Rodriguez, Esq., and Christopher
H. Bell, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, for Science Applications
International Corp., the intervenors.
Andrew Squire, Esq. and Chieko M. Clarke, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the
agency.
Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's comparative analysis and source selection decisions
under the solicitation's source selection scheme, which based award on the highest
technically rated proposals with fair and reasonable prices, is denied where the
agency's comparative analysis and source selection decisions were reasonable,
adequately documented, and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Salient CRGT, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the award of contracts to five offerors'
under request for proposals (RFP) No. 1333BJ20R00280001, issued by the Department
1 The agency awarded contracts to three small business offerors, RIVA Solutions, Inc.,
of McLean, Virginia, Halvik Corporation, of Vienna, Virginia, and Steampunk, Inc., of
McLean, Virginia; and two other offerors, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (Booz Allen), of
McLean, Virginia, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of Reston,
Virginia. Agency Report (AR), Tab D12, Salient Debriefing at 1.

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