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B-415460,B-415460.4 1 (2018-01-09)

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GAO 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:   Sallyport Global Holdings, Inc.

File:        B-415460; B-415460.4

Date:        January 9, 2018

John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., David. C. Hammond, Esq., Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq.,
and Christian N. Curran, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester.
Paul R. Hurst, Esq., Kendall Enyard, Esq., Michael N. Navarre, Esq., Dwight Draughon,
Esq., and Caitlin T. Conroy, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, for Triple Canopy, Inc., the
intervenor.
Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., and Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the
agency.
Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester.
DIGEST

Agency reasonably evaluated protester's price proposal as unacceptable where as a
result of protester's failure to follow solicitation instructions, the agency was unable to
validate the protester's proposed price.
DECISION

Sallyport Global Holdings, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order
to Triple Canopy, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, and the rejection of the proposal it submitted
in response to task order request for proposals (TORFP) No. SAQMMA17R0125,
issued by the Department of State for security services in support of the United States
Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Sallyport asserts that the agency unreasonably
evaluated its technical and price proposals, and the awardee's past performance.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The TORFP was issued to the six companies that hold the Department of State's
Worldwide Protective Services II indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to
provide personal protective services, logistical support services, and specialized

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