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B-421714,B-421714.2 Aug 31, 2023 1 (2023-08-31)

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                    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:   CORE  O'Ahu, LLC

File:        B-421714; B-421714.2

Date:     August 31,   2023

Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Jacob Bolinger, Esq., Haynes and Boone, LLP, for the
protester.
Alex D. Tomaszczuk,  Esq., Dinesh C. Dharmadasa, Esq., and Whitney N. Alston, Esq.,
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, for Dismas Charities, Inc., the intervenor.
William D. Robinson, Esq., and Monica Barron, Esq., Department of Justice, for the
agency.
Michelle Litteken, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of
the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of past performance is denied where the
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

2. Protest that agency unreasonably failed to assign multiple strengths to protester's
proposal under the technical/management factor is denied where protester fails to
demonstrate that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable or inconsistent with the
terms of the solicitation.

3. Protest of agency's best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the agency
documented  its basis for selecting a higher-priced, higher-rated proposal and where the
underlying evaluation was reasonable.
DECISION

CORE   O'Ahu, LLC, of Brooklyn, New York, protests the award of an indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to Dismas Charities, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky,
under request for proposals (RFP) No. 15BRRC20R00000270,   issued by the
Department  of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), for residential reentry center (RRC)
services and home confinement services for federal offenders on Oahu, Hawaii. The
protester challenges the agency's evaluation of the offerors' proposals under the past
performance factor, the evaluation of the protester's proposal under the
technical/management  factor, and the best-value tradeoff decision.

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