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B-420254,B-420254.2 Jan 11, 2022 1 (2022-01-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaomyc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.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 Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Global Solutions Ventures File: B-420254; B-420254.2 Date: January 11, 2022 Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., Christopher O'Brien, Esq., and Aaron Levin, Esq. Greenberg Traurig LLP, for the protester. Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., Nathaniel E. Castellano, Esq., and Nicole Williamson, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for Jefferson Consulting Group, LLC, the intervenor. Eugene Benick, Esq., and John B. Alumbaugh, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee's proposal with regard to the solicitation's security clearance requirements is denied where the agency's judgments were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest that agency's price realism analysis was inadequate is denied where the record shows that the agency conducted its price realism analysis using applicable price analysis techniques, and with results that were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Global Solutions Ventures, LLC, of Bethesda, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to Jefferson Consulting Group, LLC, of Washington, DC, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 7200AA21 R00059, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for research and institutional and technical support services for USAID's Bureau of Africa. The protester contends the agency's evaluation of Jefferson's proposed approach to meeting the RFP's security clearance requirements and price realism analysis were unreasonable. We deny the protest.

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