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B-417685, B-417685.2 1 (2019-09-23)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
                                         .......................................................................................................................
                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          been approved for public release.


Matter of:  NCI Information Systems, Inc.

File:       B-417685; B-417685.2

Date:       September 23, 2019

Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Tyler E. Robinson, Esq., Ryan D. Stalnaker, Esq., and
Caroline E. Colpoys, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for the protester.
Andrew Shipley, Esq., Philip E. Beshara, Esq., Chanda L. Brown, Esq., and Chelsea N.
Anelli, Esq., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, for General Dynamics
Information Technology, the intervenor.
Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Todd J. Liebman, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

The agency reasonably found the protester's proposal to be ineligible for award, and
thus the protester is not an interested party to challenge the agency's best-value
tradeoff and award decision.
DECISION

NCI Information Systems, Inc. (NCI), of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task
order to General Dynamics Information Technology (General Dynamics), of Reston,
Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91 RUS-1 8-R-ADCN, issued by the
Department of the Army under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Alliant 2
governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) for mission support services. The
protester challenges the evaluation of proposals and the agency's award decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On March 15, 2019, the agency issued the RFP to firms holding contracts under GSA's
Alliant 2 multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, pursuant
to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5. Agency Report
(AR), Tab 5, RFP at 1, 2. The RFP required a contractor to provide capability

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