Welcome to our new series “60-Second Sustains”! We’ll keep you updated on who is winning bid protests and why. 

Insight Technology Solutions, Inc.
B-420133.2, .3, .4

• Protester alleged that the awardee misrepresented the experience of one of its proposed key personnel, claiming the individual had 9 years of relevant experience when in fact the individual did not meet even the minimum required 5 years of experience.
• The protester pointed to the proposed key person’s LinkedIn profile in support of the argument that the individual had less than the required experience.
• GAO agreed that the awardee materially misrepresented the individual’s relevant experience and found the agency relied on that misrepresentation in making its source selection decision.
• GAO recommended, as a result, that the Agency exclude the awardee’s proposal from the competition.
• GAO also found that the agency had engaged in disparate treatment by crediting the awardee for its approach to back-filling vacancies, but not crediting the protester’s proposal despite “nearly identical” language.