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B-412163.2 1 (2016-01-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrvk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been aprovedforpublic release. Matter of: Sapient Government Services, Inc. File: B-412163.2 Date: January 4, 2016 Carol L. O'Riordan, Esq., Anthony J. Marchese, Esq., and Taimur Rabbani, Esq., O'Riordan Bethel Law Firm, LLP, for the protester. Cyrus E. Phillips, IV, Esq., Albo & Oblon, L.L.P., for Sevatec, Incorporated, and David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., and Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for Vencore Services and Solutions, Inc., the intervenors. Joshua A. Kranzberg, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's oral presentation is denied where record reflects evaluation was reasonable and consistent with solicitation's evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that agency conducted nonmeaningful discussions with protester is denied where record reflects protester never was afforded the opportunity to revise, and in fact never revised, its proposal, and, therefore, discussions did not occur. 3. Protest challenging agency's best-value determination is denied where record reflects protester's proposal was evaluated as being higher-priced and lower-technically-rated than other proposals, and protester fails to show the underlying evaluation ratings were unreasonable. DECISION Sapient Government Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Sevatec, Incorporated, of Fairfax, Virginia, under task order request for proposals (RFP) No. HSSCCG-1 5-R-00003 issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, for Agile development and maintenance services to support agency information technology (IT) systems.

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