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         G    A     O                                                   Comptroller General
     Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                            of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office       DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548                                 The decision issued on the date below was subject to
                                                     a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                                     been approved for public release.
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         Matter of:   LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc.

         File:        B-410595; B-410595.2

         Date:        January 7, 2015

         Michael A. Hordell, Esq., and Kristopher Berr, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for the
         protester.
         Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Megan M. Jeschke, Esq., for Equifax Information
         Services, LLC, the intervenor.
         Uri R. Ko, Esq., and Ryan M. Warrenfeltz, Sr., Esq., Social Security Administration,
         for the agency.
         Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the
         General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest alleging that awardee's proposal failed to describe data sources that could
         be used to verify identities of individuals without credit histories is denied where
         record does not support protester's allegations pertaining to content of awardee's
         proposal.
         DECISION

         LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc., of Washington, DC, protests the award of a
         contract to Equifax Information Services, LLC, of Atlanta, GA, under request for
         proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-14-1018, issued by the Social Security
         Administration (SSA) for e-authentication services. The protester challenges the
         agency's technical evaluation of Equifax's proposal and the price evaluation of its
         own proposal.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP, issued on May 27, 2014, sought a web-based software solution to assist
         the SSA in verifying the identity of its on-line customers. Of relevance to this
         protest, the solicitation required that the proposed software solution be capable of
         verifying individuals' data regardless of race, income, gender, and location, and

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