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  G                 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:   Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC

File:        B-422869

Date:     November 26, 2024

Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for the protester.
Lauren S. Fleming, Esq., C. Peter Dungan, Esq., Adam Bartolanzo, Esq., and Cash W.
Carter, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for Akima Infrastructure Protection, LLC,
the intervenor.
Javier A. Farfan, Esq., and Joshua Adams, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for
the agency.
Heather Weiner, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency evaluation of protester's technical proposal and tradeoff
decision is denied where the evaluation and tradeoff decision were reasonable and
consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Bering Straits Professional Services, LLC (BSPS), a small business of Anchorage,
Alaska, protests the award of a contract to Akima Infrastructure Protection, LLC (AlP),
of Herndon, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70CDCR24ROO000008,
issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs
Enforcement  (ICE), for detention management, transportation and food services. The
protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its technical proposal and argues that
the best-value tradeoff determination was unreasonable.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

Using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, the agency
issued the RFP on February 3, 2024, as an 8(a) set-aside, seeking detention
management,  transportation, and food services for detainees at the Krome Service

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