Trailboss Enterprises, Inc. (70CDCR20R00000005)

B-419209 Dec 23, 2020 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Trailboss Enterprises, Inc., of Fort Worth, Texas, protests the award of a contract to G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc., of Jupiter, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70CDR20R00000005, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for detainee transportation services in the San Antonio, Texas, area. Trailboss contends that the agency's evaluation of offerors' proposals and resulting award decision were improper. We deny the protest. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.   Decision Matter of:  Trailboss Enterprises, Inc. File:  B-419209 Date:  December 23, 2020 Shaun C. Kennedy, Esq., Chris R. Hogle, Esq., Thomas A. Morales, Esq., Chris D. Mack, Esq., and Hannah E. Armentrout, Esq., Holland & Hart LLP, for the protester. Gerald H. Werfel, Esq., and H. Todd Whay, Esq., Baker, Cronogue, Tolle & Werfel, LLP, for G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc., an intervenor. Mark E. Menacker, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of protester’s technical proposal is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation factor, and did not employ unstated evaluation criteria. 2.  Protester is not an interested party to challenge other aspects of the agency’s evaluation of offerors’ proposals where the protester’s proposal was reasonably determined technically unacceptable and ineligible for award. DECISION   Trailboss Enterprises, Inc., of Fort Worth, Texas, protests the award of a contract to G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc., of Jupiter, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 70CDR20R00000005, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for detainee transportation services in the San Antonio, Texas, area.  Trailboss contends that the agency’s evaluation of offerors’ proposals and resulting award decision were improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The ICE is responsible for the detention, health, welfare, transportation, and deportation of immigrants in removal proceedings and immigrants subject to final orders of removal.  Agency Report (AR), Tab 9, RFP amend. 4, Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 4.  Within ICE, the Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is responsible for carrying out all orders for the required departure of immigrants handed down in removal proceedings, or prior thereto, and arranging for the detention of immigrants when such becomes necessary.  Id.  To accomplish its responsibilities, ERO developed the PWS here, which defined the agency’s requirements for detention and transportation services for the ICE San Antonio Field Office area of responsibility.  Id. The RFP, issued on June 2, 2020, contemplated the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract under which fixed-price and time-and-materials task orders could be issued for a 1-year base period with four 1-year options.  AR, Tab 8, RFP amend. 4 at 1, 16.[1]  In general terms, the contractor was to provide all personnel, supplies, and equipment necessary to perform the specified PWS requirements.  RFP at 1; Contracting Officer’s Statement (COS) at 1. The RFP established that contract award would be made on a best-value tradeoff basis based on five evaluation factors:  (1) corporate experience; (2) technical approach; (3) management approach; (4) past performance; and (5) price.