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B-419207.6 Nov 19, 2021 1 (2021-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaompa0001 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:  PAE National Security Solutions, LLC
File:     B-419207.6
Date:     November 19, 2021
Anuj Vohra, 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., Kevin T. Barnett, Esq., Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., and
Meghan F. Leemon, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for Celerety Government Solutions,
LLC, d/b/a Xcelerate Solutions, an intervenor.
Michael P. Giordano, Esq., Marcela A. Liddick, Esq., and Catherine C. Chen, 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 denied where record shows
that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation
and applicable statutes and regulations.
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 and made an
unreasonable source selection decision.
We deny the protest.
1 The RFQ was issued using the General Services Administration's Federal Supply
Schedule program.

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