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B-421203,B-421203.2 Jan 18, 2023 1 (2023-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaoofn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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:  Paradyme Management, Inc.
File:     B-421203; B-421203.2
Date:     January 18, 2023
Christian B. Nagel, Esq., Amy L. Fuentes, Esq., Jeremy D. Burkhart, Esq., and Sean
Belanger, Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester.
Jon D. Levin, Esq., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, for Ekagra Partners, LLC, the
intervenor.
Beth Sturgess, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Christopher Alwood, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals under the solicitation's
staffing and price factors is denied, where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent
with the solicitation criteria.
2. Protest challenging the agency's comparative analysis and source selection decision
is denied where the agency's best-value tradeoff and source selection decision were
reasonable, adequately documented, and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION
Paradyme Management, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order
to Ekagra Partners, LLC, of Leesburg, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP)
No. 70SBUR22R00000003, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for full system lifecycle support services
for the USCIS enterprise gateway and integration services (EGIS) system. Paradyme
challenges various aspects of the agency's evaluation of proposals and source
selection decision.

We deny the protest.

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