About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-420230,B-420230.2 Jan 05, 2022 1 (2022-01-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaomqn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G    A    O     ' 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. The entire decision has now
L been approved for public release.
Matter of:  Dev Technology Group, Inc.
File:     B-420230; B-420230.2
Date:     January 5, 2022
William A. Shook, Esq., The Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for the protester.
Jon D. Levin, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, for Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC,
the intervenor.
Douglas J. Becker, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Agency reasonably assessed a risk in protester's proposal based on protester's
reliance on a less-senior labor mix than the labor mix suggested by the solicitation.
2. Protest that during oral presentations, the agency failed to engage in an interactive
dialogue with the protester regarding its proposed labor mix is denied where agency
subsequently conducted discussions and provided the protester an opportunity to fully
address its proposed labor mix.
3. Where the solicitation specifically provided for a 3-month transition period, there is
no merit in protester's assertion that the non-incumbent awardee's proposal failed to
comply with the solicitation requirements regarding task order performance on day one
after award.
DECISION
Dev Technology Group, Inc. (Dev Tech), of Reston, Virginia, protests the award of a
task order by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE), to Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC, of Blacksburg, Virginia, pursuant
to request for proposals (RFP) No. 70CTDO21 R00000013, to provide various
information technology (IT) services.1 Dev Tech challenges multiple aspects of the
1 The solicitation is titled Enforcement Systems Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
Support Services and states: The scope of this effort is to perform Agile Software

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most