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B-421252.4 Apr 28, 2023 1 (2023-04-28)

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                G   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:   Leidos Inc.

File:        B-421252.4

Date:     April  28, 2023

Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., J. Ryan Frazee, Esq., and W. Benjamin
Phillips, III, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester.
Anne  B. Perry, Esq., Jonathan S. Aronie, Esq., Shaunna Bailey, Esq., and Lillia J.
Damalouji, Esq., Sheppard, Mullin, Richer & Hampton, LLP, for CACI, Inc.-Federal, the
intervenor.
Amanda  J. Spencer, Esq., Michael J. Benjamin, Esq., and ChristinaLynn E. McCoy,
Esq., National Security Agency, for the agency.
Michael Willems, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest alleging that the agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable
source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the agency's
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to CACI, Inc.-Federal,
of Chantilly, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. H98230-22-R-0002, which
was issued by the National Security Agency for network and exploitation analyst
services. The protester alleges that the agency erred in the evaluation of proposals and
in the conduct of the best-value tradeoff.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On  February 14, 2022, the agency issued the RFP, which contemplated the award of a
single indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee level of effort and
completion contract with a 1-year base ordering period, and four 1-year option periods.
Agency  Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP at 30, 35, 40, 45, 98. The RFP provided that award
would be made  to the proposal that represented the best-value to the government on

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