Updated January 12, 2026
The GAO Decision has now been posted for this protest. See details below.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the awardee’s labor category mix and level of effort under the technical approach factor is denied where the solicitation did not require that the agency perform a price realism analysis or state that a proposal could be rejected for submitting prices that were too low, and the record shows that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest challenging the evaluation of key personnel is denied where the agency effectively waived some special qualification and certification requirements for both offerors and otherwise treated the offerors equally.
3. Protest challenging the evaluation of past performance is denied where the agency reasonably assigned ratings consistent with the solicitation’s evaluation scheme.
4. Protest challenging the agency’s selection decision is denied where the selection is reasonable, consistent with the solicitation, and properly documented.
DECISION
Salient CRGT, Inc. (CRGT), of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of Reston, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 05GA0A24R0002, issued by the Government Accountability Office for technology information services (TIS). The protester challenges multiple aspects of the agency’s evaluation of proposals and the selection decision.
We deny the protest.
Updated December 5, 2025
Solicitation Number: C-119008-O
Agency: Legislative Agencies: Government Accountability Office
Protester: Salient CRGT, Inc.
File number: B-423283.3
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: December 5, 2025
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