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B-421221,B-421221.3 Jan 20, 2023 1 (2023-01-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaooeq0001 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: Applied Insight, LLC
File:      B-421221; B-421221.3
Date:     January 20, 2023
C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Tara D. Hopkins, Esq., and Rebecca S. Fallk, Esq., Miles &
Stockbridge P.C., for the protester.
Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman, PA, for Gunnison Consulting Group, Inc.; and
Amy L. O'Sullivan, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Issac D. Schabes, Esq., Crowell &
Moring LLP, for Accenture Federal Services LLC, the intervenors.
Julie A. Neville, Esq., Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for the agency.
Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that the agency failed to conduct a price realism evaluation is denied where
the solicitation did not provide for such an evaluation.
2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's technical quotation is denied
where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the
terms of the solicitation.
3. Protest alleging that the agency engaged in disparate treatment in the evaluation of
quotations is denied where the different evaluation results were reasonably based on
substantive differences between the quotations.
DECISION
Applied Insight, LLC (Applied Insight), of Reston, Virginia, protests the establishment of
blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) with four vendors under request for quotations
(RFQ) No. USCA22Q0014, issued by the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts (AOUSC) for Judiciary Information Technology (IT) Support Services (JITS).1
1 The agency established BPAs with the following four vendors: Accenture Federal
Services LLC (Accenture), of Arlington, Virginia; General Dynamics Information
Technology Inc. (GDIT), of Falls Church, Virginia; Gunnison Consulting Group Inc.

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