Protest Denial Decision Posted: Drug Enforcement Administration Human Capital Support Services

Updated December 22, 2025

The GAO Decision has now been posted for this protest. See details below.

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.

Read the full decision here.

Protester: FYI- For Your Information, Inc.
Solicitation Number: 15DDHQ25Q00000051
Agency: Department of Justice : Drug Enforcement Administration
File number: B-423774.1
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: December 12, 2025

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