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G     A     O       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:   Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

File:     B-422823; B-422823.2

Date:     November 18, 2024

Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., Stuart W. Turner, Esq., Keith J. Feigenbaum, Esq., and Roee
Talmor, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar LLP, for the protester.
David S. Cohen, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for Deloite Consulting,
LLP, the intervenor.
Ronald J. Bakay, Esq., Rachel C. Fromm, Esq., and Desiree A. DiCorcia, Esq.,
Department  of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Michael Willems, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals and best-value tradeoff is
denied where the agency's evaluation and tradeoff were reasonable and consistent with
the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement law.
DECISION

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., (BAH) of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task
order to Deloitte Consulting, LLP, of Washington, D.C., pursuant to request for
proposals (RFP) No. 36C10B24R0015   under the General Services Administration's
(GSA) Alliant II multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract by the
Department  of Veterans Affairs (VA) for enterprise software development services. The
protester alleges that the agency erred in its evaluation of Deloitte's proposal and in the
conduct of its best-value tradeoff.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency  issued the RFP on March 25, 2024, to all GSA Alliant II contract holders,
and the RFP was  subsequently amended  four times. Contracting Officer's Statement
(COS)  at 2. The RFP contemplated the issuance of a single fixed-price task order with
a 1-year base period, and four 12-month option periods. Agency Report (AR), Tab 8,

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