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B-420494 May 10, 2022 1 (2022-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaonci0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G    A    O      U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                       Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                 of the United States
Decsion                             DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Deis ion
The decision issued on the date below was subject to
a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
M atter  of:  AT&T  M obility  LLC  ----------------------------------  -----------------------
File:     B-420494
Date:     May 10, 2022
Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Tyler S.
Brown, Esq., and Issac D. Schabes, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester.
Kayleigh M. Scalzo, Esq., Andrew R. Guy, Esq., Anna M. Menzel, Esq., and Jennifer K.
Bentley, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, for Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless,
the intervenor.
Michael Noyes, Esq., and Nicole S. Hutchinson, Esq., Department of Homeland
Security, for the agency.
Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals under the non-price and price
factors and alleging the evaluation approach converted a best-value tradeoff
procurement into a lowest-priced, technically acceptable competition is sustained
because the record shows the agency evaluated in a manner inconsistent with the
solicitation and failed to qualitatively compare proposals.
DECISION
AT&T Mobility LLC (AT&T), of Columbia, Maryland, protests the issuance of a federal
supply schedule (FSS) order to Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (Verizon), of
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. 70US0921 R70090027, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United
States Secret Service for cellular communications services and equipment. AT&T
challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals under the non-price and price factors,
and the resulting best-value tradeoff source selection decision.

We sustain the protest.

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