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B-418533 1 (2020-06-11)

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GAO U.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:  General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

File:       B-418533

Date:       June 11, 2020

Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Carla J. Weiss, Esq., Matthew L. Haws, Esq., Marc A. Van
Allen, Esq., and Sati Harutyunyan, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for the protester.
James J. McCullough, Esq., Michael J. Anstett, Esq., Christopher Bell, Esq., Katherine
L. St. Romain, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, and J. Scott
Hommer, III, Esq., Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., Christopher G.
Griesedieck, Esq., and Taylor A. Hillman, Esq., Venable LLP, for Leidos, Inc., the
intervenor.
John McHugh, Esq., and Libbi Finelsen, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's conduct of discussions is denied where the agency's
discussions were meaningful and as a result, the agency was not required to reopen
discussions because deficiencies in the proposal arose for the first time after the
submission of final proposal revisions.
DECISION

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), of Falls Church, Virginia,
protests the award of a contract to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for
proposals (RFP) No. N00039-18-R-0005, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval
Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), for the critical supplies and
services necessary to operate the Navy's enterprise-wide information technology (IT)
networks.1 GDIT challenges the agency's conduct of discussions.



1 On June 3, 2019, the Navy changed the name of the Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command to the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR).
Contracting Officer's Statement and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 1 n.1.

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