Valiant Keeps $1.4 Billion Foreign Language Services Task Order

The US Army reasonably awarded Valiant Government Services LLC a $1.4 billiion task order to provide foreign language interpretation services, the GAO said in a decision released Monday.

Protester WorldWide Language Resources Inc. failed to show that its bid had enough to strengths to earn a “good” technical rating, instead of “acceptable,” the Government Accountability Office said.

WorldWide didn’t demonstrate, for example, that it should have received a strength for its signed letters of commitment from linguists, the GAO said.

The Army reasonably determined that commitments by those potential employees were uncertain because they were contingent on a “number of ...