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B-420918.2,B-420918.3 Dec 08, 2022 1 (2022-12-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaooao0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of:  Peraton, Inc.
File:      B-420918.2; B-420918.3
Date:      December 8, 2022
Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Jeffrey M. Lowry, Esq., and Tamara
Droubi, Esq., Vedder Price PC, for the protester.
James J. McCullough, Esq., Michael J. Anstett, Esq., Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq.,
Katherine L. St. Romain, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, for Leidos,
Inc., the intervenor.
Brandon Dell'Aglio, Esq., Dorothy Guy, Esq., Virginia Pizza, Esq., and Kadi Rowe, Esq.
Social Security Administration, for the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's proposal is denied
where the record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the content of the firm's
proposal, and with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest that the source selection authority failed to exercise her independent
judgment is denied where the record shows that, even though she relied on other
agency officials, the selection authority performed the tradeoff determination.
3. Protest that the tradeoff determination was unreasonable is denied where the record
shows that the selection authority's comparisons were meaningful and reasonably
based on the evaluation judgments.
DECISION
Peraton, Inc., the incumbent contractor, of Herndon, Virginia, protests the issuance of a
task order to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for task order proposals
(RFTOP) No. 28321322Q00000160, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA)
for information technology (IT) infrastructure support services. Peraton argues that the
SSA unreasonably evaluated proposals, and improperly made the selection decision.

We deny the protest.

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