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B-419712,B-419712.2 Jul 08, 2021 1 (2021-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaomaj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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: E3 Federal Solutions, LLC d/b/a Avantus Federal File: B-419712; B-419712.2 Date: July 8, 2021 William M. Jack, Esq., Amba M. Datta, Esq., and Ken M. Kanzawa, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., Cordatis Law LLP, for Deloitte Consulting LLP, the intervenor. Cassandra Maximous, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Alexander O. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that agency conducted unequal discussions during oral presentation portion of the procurement is denied where the exchanges between the agency and the vendors amounted to clarifications and where the awardee did not revise or modify its quotation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of awardee's quotation and oral presentation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 3. Protest asserting that the agency failed to meaningfully document its best-value tradeoff is denied where the agency reasonably explained the key discriminators justifying its selection of the higher-priced awardee. DECISION E3 Federal Solutions, LLC d/b/a Avantus Federal (Avantus), located in McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Deloitte Consulting LLP, located in Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 192121 FHQNCAT0006. The solicitation was issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for analytical services in support of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations Targeting Operations Division. The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably and unequally evaluated both Avantus's and Deloitte's quotations and their oral presentations, engaged in unfair and unequal discussions with Deloitte, and conducted a flawed best-value tradeoff.

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