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B-421134.2,B-421134.3,B-421134.4,B-421134.5 Apr 12, 2023 1 (2023-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaoolr0001 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: Accenture Federal Services, LLC File: B-421134.2; B-421134.3; B-421134.4; B-421134.5 Date: April 12, 2023 Amy L. O'Sullivan, Esq., Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., and Issac D. Schabes, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Jason W. Moy, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for Deloitte Consulting LLP, the intervenor. Kimberly M. Shackelford, Esq., Christopher J. Curry, Esq., Michael Kiffney, Esq., and Christopher J. Reames, 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. Protest that awardee had disqualifying organizational conflicts of interest is denied where the agency waived the alleged conflicts and the waiver was consistent with the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). 2. Agency's evaluation of proposals under the corporate experience evaluation factor is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. In task order procurement conducted pursuant to FAR subpart 16.5, evaluators' contemporaneous notes and subsequent evaluation report complied with the FAR requirement to document offerors' oral presentations. DECISION Accenture Federal Services, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to Deloitte Consulting, LLP, of Arlington, Virginia, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 70T01022R7663N001 (titled Human Capital Operations Support or HCOS) to provide human capital services for TSA employees. Accenture contends that the agency failed to reasonably consider, and improperly waived, Deloitte's organizational conflicts of interest (OCI); improperly evaluated proposals under the corporate experience factor; and failed to properly document and evaluate the offerors' oral presentations under the technical evaluation factor.

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