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A       O AU.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:   ManTech  Advanced  Systems International, Inc.

File:     B-421749.4; B-421749.6; B-421749.8

Date:     August 29,   2024

Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., Lyle Hedgecock, Esq., and Roke Iko,
Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester.
Kara L. Daniels, Esq., Amanda Sherwood, Esq., Keith Feigenbaum, Esq., and Kyung
Liu-Katz, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for Maximus Federal Services, Inc., the intervenor.
Christopher J. Curry, Esq., and Christian Jordan, Esq., Department of Homeland
Security, 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 the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal under an
experience/past performance factor is denied where the protester's arguments are
premised on an unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation.

2. Protest of agency's evaluation of proposals under a staffing elements factor is
denied where the evaluation was consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

3. Protest that awardee has an unmitigated organizational conflict of interest is
dismissed as academic where the agency waived the alleged conflict, and the waiver
was consistent with the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
DECISION

ManTech  Advanced  Systems  International, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, protests the
issuance of a task order to Maximus Federal Services, of Reston, Virginia, under
request for proposals (RFP) No. 70TO20-21-R-7554N001, issued by the Department of
Homeland  Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for services to support
the operations and maintenance of various agency systems. The protester challenges
various aspects of the agency's evaluation of the offerors' proposals, and the best-value
tradeoff decision.


We  deny the protest.

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