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B-419705.2 Sep 30, 2021 1 (2021-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaomhf0001 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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Academy Leadership, LLC File: B-419705.2 Date: September 30, 2021 Joseph R. Berger, Esq., and Thomas O. Mason, Esq., Thompson Hine LLP, for the protester. Alan Grayson, Esq., for Gettysburg Addresses, Inc. d/b/a The Lincoln Leadership Institute, the intervenor. Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Young H. Cho, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that the agency's conduct of discussions in a simplified acquisition was not fair or equitable is sustained where the record shows that the agency's discussions with the protester were not meaningful. DECISION Academy Leadership, LLC, of Juno Beach, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Gettysburg Addresses, Inc. d/b/a The Lincoln Leadership Institute (Lincoln), under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70CMSD21 R00000001, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for leadership-focused training. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal and the agency's conduct of discussions. We sustain the protest BACKGROUND The solicitation was issued on October 29, 2020 as a total small business set-aside, under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5, and contemplated the award of a single fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a 5-year ordering period, for leadership-focused Gettysburg staff rides designed for ICE

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