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B-423010 Jan 02, 2025 1 (2025-01-02)

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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:  Avantus  Federal, LLC

File:        B-423010

Date:       January 2, 2025

Carla Weiss, Esq., Logan Kemp, Esq., and Annie Hudgins, Esq., Nichols Liu, LLP, for
the protester.
James  Y. Boland, Esq., Lindsay M. Reed, Esq., Emily R. Marcy, Esq., and Kelly M.
Boppe, Esq., Venable LLP, for the intervenor.
Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., Javier Farfan, Esq., and Patrick J. Madigan, Esq., Department
of Homeland Security, for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Agency's assessment of risks in protester's proposal under the corporate experience
evaluation factor was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

2. Agency's consideration of awardee's price in making the source selection decision
was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Avantus Federal, LLC, of McLean, Virginia, protests the Department of Homeland
Security's issuance of a task order to Salient CRGT, Inc., pursuant to request for
proposals (RFP) No. 70CDCR24ROO000009, to   provide analytic and program
management   services in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal
Operations (ERO) Directorate. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Initial RFP at 1.1 Avantus
challenges the agency's evaluation of Avantus's proposal under the corporate
experience factor and the agency's evaluation of Salient's proposed price.

We  deny the protest.


1 The page numbers referenced in this decision are the Adobe PDF page numbers
rather than the page numbers appearing on the face of the documents submitted.

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