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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:   Leidos, Inc.

File:     B-418987; B-418987.2

Date:     October 29,   2020

Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., and Emily C. Brown, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP,
for the protester.
Captain Philip L. Aubart, Department of the Army, for the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that the agency unreasonably rejected the protester's proposal as noncompliant
is denied where the record shows that the agency's determination was made in
accordance with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests its elimination from the competitive range
under request for task order proposals (RTOP) No. W911W4-20-R-902D, issued by the
Department  of the Army for analytical support services. Leidos complains that the
agency unreasonably determined that its proposal did not comply with the solicitation's
requirements.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On April 17, 2020, the agency issued the RTOP against the Solutions for Intelligence
Analysis 3 (SIA-3) multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Agency  Report (AR), RTOP, amend. 3, at 5. The agency sought to procure analytical
support services for Army counterintelligence, counter terrorism, and human intelligence
operations. AR, Tab 3a, RTOP, Performance  Work Statement at 6. The RTOP
contemplated the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with cost-reimbursable and
fixed-price components to be performed over a 1-year base period, and four 1-year
option periods. Id. at 7, 9; RTOP, amend. 3 at 5. Award would be made on a
best-value tradeoff basis considering the following factors, listed in descending order of

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