Ambit Group Loses Challenge to ICE Data Personnel Requirements

The Ambit Group LLC failed to show that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s experience requirements for a senior data scientist made the agency’s procurement for design development and data analytics unduly restrictive of competition, the GAO said in a decision released Tuesday.

Ambit said finding a lead data scientist with dozens of skill and experience requirements in the performance work statement and a top secret clearance is “nearly impossible.”

But the agency reasonably set requirements for this key position based on its minimum needs, the GAO said.

The GAO said it found no reason to question the agency’s conclusion that it ...