Triple Canopy Keeps DHS’s $64 Million Security Officer Contract

VxL Enterprises LLC failed to show that the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service conducted an improper past performance evaluation before awarding incumbent Triple Canopy Inc. a $64 million contract for armed protective officer services in Oklahoma, the GAO said in a decision released Friday.

The agency reasonably found that two of VxL’s past performances references, which involved unarmed guard services, were only partially relevant under the solicitation, the Government Accountability Office said.

The GAO also rejected VxL’s argument that the agency improperly relied on unstated evaluation criterion by crediting Triple Canopy’s bid for its prior working relationship with ...