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B-421227.2,B-421227.3 Sep 26, 2024 1 (2024-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqxg0001 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:  Guidehouse Inc.
File:      B-421227.2; B-421227.3
Date:     August 26, 2024
Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Cara L. Sizemore, Esq.,
W. Benjamin Philips, III, Esq., and Michael 0. Warren, Jr., Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the
protester.
Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., and Issac D. Schabes, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for
KPMG LLP, the intervenor.
Erin F. Masini, Esq., and Joe Anzalone, Esq., Central Intelligence Agency, for the
agency.
Samantha S. Lee, Esq., Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest alleging that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee's technical
proposal is sustained where the record does not reflect that the agency evaluated a
required staffing submission consistent with the solicitation.
2. Protests challenging the agency's evaluation of strengths in the protester's technical
and management proposals are denied where the record reflects the evaluation was
reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria.
3. Protest that the agency unreasonably concluded that the protester's proposed
program manager did not meet the requirements for the position is sustained where the
stated basis for the agency's conclusion is inconsistent with the solicitation and the
protester's proposal.
DECISION
Guidehouse Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to KPMG LLP, of
McLean, Virginia, under solicitation No. 2021-20111300002S, issued by the Office of
the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for advisory services. The protester alleges
that the agency improperly evaluated proposals and made an unreasonable best-value
tradeoff decision.

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