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B-419705.3,B-419705.4 Apr 13, 2022 1 (2022-04-13)

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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 redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of: Academy Leadership, LLC
File:     B-419705.3; B-419705.4
Date:     April 13, 2022
Joseph R. Berger, Esq., Thomas O. Mason, Esq., and Francis E. Purcell, Jr., Esq.,
Thompson Hine LLP, for the protester.
Alan Grayson, Esq., for Gettysburg Addresses, Inc., the intervenor.
Javier A. Farfan, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Hannah G. Barnes, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation is denied where the awardee's
proposal compared favorably to the protester's because the two proposals were
different, not because they were evaluated disparately; and where the agency
reasonably found that although the protester resolved the weaknesses identified in its
proposal, the awardee's proposal was still superior.
2. Protest challenging the agency's past performance evaluation is denied where the
agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation
criteria and where the agency properly considered past performance in the best-value
tradeoff decision.
3. Protest that the agency unreasonably considered the substance of answers given
during sample training presentations is denied where the agency evaluated proposals in
accordance with the terms of the solicitation.
4. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff analysis is denied where the
record reflects that the agency's source selection rationale was consistent with the
stated evaluation criteria.
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

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