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B-408870.3 1 (2014-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqof0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: MetroStar Systems, Inc. File: B-408870.3 Date: September 5, 2014 Matthew R. Keller, Esq., and Kevin M. Carson, Esq., Odin Feldman Pittleman PC, for the protester. Thomas Tinti, Esq., Department of Defense, Defense Media Activity, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly cancelled solicitation is denied where record shows that fundamental changes in the agency's information technology architecture developed and implemented after the solicitation was issued resulted in a reasonable determination by the agency that its earlier solicitation no longer accurately reflects the agency's requirements. DECISION MetroStar Systems, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. HQ0516-13-R-0001, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Media Activity (DMA) for information technology (IT) services. MetroStar maintains that the cancellation was improper. We deny the protest. The RFP, a small business set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for a base year and up to three 1-year options to provide various on-site IT services, principally at the agency's headquarters location at Fort George Meade, Maryland. The RFP contemplated award on a best value basis, considering price and several non-price factors which, collectively, were deemed significantly more important than price. RFP at 55. The agency received a number of proposals in response to the solicitation. The agency evaluated those proposals, established a competitive range, engaged in discussions with the competitive range offerors, and solicited, obtained and

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