FYI- For Your Information, Inc. (15DDHQ25Q00000051)

B-423774,B-423774.2 Dec 19, 2025 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights FYI--For Your Information, Inc. (FYI), of Silver Spring, Maryland, protests the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with C. Evans Consulting LLC (CEC), of Reston, Virginia, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15DDHQ25Q00000051, to provide human capital support services for the agency. In its initial protest, FYI, the incumbent contractor, complains that the agency performed an unreasonable evaluation of quotations under the non-cost/price factors and "ignored FYI's incumbent advantage." Protest at 13-37. In a supplemental protest, FYI asserts that CEC misrepresented the availability of its proposed program manager. Comments and Supp. Protest at 6-13. 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: FYI- For Your Information, Inc. File: B-423774; B-423774.2 Date: December 19, 2025 Craig A. Holman, Esq., and Roee Talmor, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for the protester. Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., and Nicholas L. Perry, Esq., Ward & Berry, PLLC, for C. Evans Consulting LLC, the intervenor. James E. Hicks, Esq., and Jeffrey Saylor, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and April Y. Shields, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging various aspects of the agency's evaluation is denied where, in evaluating quotations, the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee's quotation was superior to the protester's under the non-cost/price evaluation factors and that the awardee's slightly higher-priced quotation offered the best value to the agency. 2. Assertion that awardee misrepresented the availability of its proposed program manager is denied where the program manager had signed a contingent agreement prior to submission of awardee's quotation, engaged in ongoing communications with the awardee to confirm his availability and, following notification of award, executed a non-contingent agreement. DECISION FYI--For Your Information, Inc. (FYI), of Silver Spring, Maryland, protests the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with C. Evans Consulting LLC (CEC), of Reston, Virginia, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15DDHQ25Q00000051, to provide human capital support services for the agency. In its initial protest, FYI, the incumbent contractor, complains that the agency performed an unreasonable evaluation of quotations under the non-cost/price factors and “ignored FYI's incumbent advantage.” Protest at 13-37.[1] In a supplemental protest, FYI asserts that CEC misrepresented the availability of its proposed program manager. Comments and Supp. Protest at 6-13. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 2, 2025, pursuant to subpart 8.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the DEA released the RFQ at issue, seeking quotations to provide support for the agency in “recruiting, hiring, developing, retaining, and transitioning a highly skilled and high‑performing workforce.”[2] RFQ at 16. The solicitation provided that the agency would establish a single BPA[3] on a best-value tradeoff basis and provided for the following non-cost/price evaluation factors, listed in descending order of importance: technical capability;[4] transition phase-in/transition phase-out;[5] and past performance.[6] The solicitation provided that the combined non-cost/price factors were significantly more important than cost/price.[7] Id. at 53. The solicitation also established various performance requirements. Among other things, section 6.0(h) of the SOW provided that vendors must be able to respond to at least 200 applicant inquiries per month, and the solicitation further stated that quotations would be evaluated to assess each vendor's understanding of the requirement to “provide high-volume recruitment and onboarding support under tight deadlines.” Id. at 31, 52. On or before the June 2 close of the solicitation period, quotations were submitted by several vendors, including FYI and CEC.[8] Thereafter, FYI's and CEC's quotations were both assigned the highest possible ratings under each of the non-cost/price evaluation factors.[9] Overall, the quotations were rated as follows:           Technical Capability Transition- In/ Transition-Out Past Performance Cost/Price    FYI High Confidence High Confidence Acceptable $9,240,633    CEC High Confidence High Confidence Acceptable $9,313,152    AR, Tab 10, Award Decision Memo at 6; Protest, exh.