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B-420274,B-420274.2 Jan 18, 2022 1 (2022-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaomwi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAiOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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 been approved for public release. Decision -- Matter of: NTT Data Services Federal Government, LLC File: B-420274; B-420274.2 Date: January 18, 2022 Kevin J. Maynard, Esq., George E. Petel, Esq., Cara L. Lasley, Esq., and Nicholas L. Perry, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Katherine Burrows, Esq., Isaias Alba IV, Esq., Lauren Brier, Esq., and Eric Valle, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for American Systems Corporation, the intervenor. Ross D. Boone, Esq., and Leahna M. Luke, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging evaluation of awardee's corporate experience is dismissed where the protester's allegations, which rely upon assumptions and characterizations concerning the solicitation that are not supported by those documents, do not establish a valid basis of protest. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's cost realism evaluation of the protester's proposal is denied where the record demonstrates the agency's conclusions were reasonable. DECISION NTT Data Services Federal Government, LLC, of Herndon, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to American Systems Corporation (ASC), of Chantilly, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70B02C21 R00000069, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for independent verification and validation (IV&V) services. NTT, which is the incumbent contractor for the requirement, argues that the agency's evaluation of proposals and source selection decision were unreasonable. The protest is denied in part, and dismissed in part.

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