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B-419207.2,B-419207.3,B-419207.4 May 19, 2021 1 (2021-05-19)

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A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
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:  PAE National Security Solutions, LLC
File:     B-419207.2; B-419207.3; B-419207.4
Date:     May 19, 2021
Anuj Vohra, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Michael E. Samuels, Esq., William B.
O'Reilly, Esq., and Karla V. Perez Chacon, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the
protester.
Jonathan T. Williams, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., and
Christine C. Fries, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for Celerety Government Solutions, LLC,
d/b/a Xcelerate Solutions, an intervenor.
Michael Giordano, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency.
Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging agency's evaluation of quotations is sustained where record shows
agency applied unstated evaluation considerations and also otherwise evaluated the
quotations disparately.
DECISION
PAE National Security Solutions, LLC, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, protests the issuance
of a task order to Celerety Government Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Xcelerate Solutions, of
McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 20-NNCP, issued by the
Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to provide administrative
and analysis support services for the agency's National Name Check Program
(NNCP).1 PAE argues that the agency misevaluated quotations, failed to engage in
adequate discussions, and made an unreasonable source selection decision.
We sustain the protest.
1 The RFQ was issued using the General Services Administration's Federal Supply
Schedule program.

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