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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:  NCI  Information Systems, Inc.

File:       B-418977

Date:       November  4, 2020

Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre, Esq., and Ryan D. Stalnaker, Esq.,
Vinson & Elkins LLP, for the protester.
Carla J. Weiss, Esq., Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Matthew L. Haws, Esq., Jenner &
Block, LLP, for General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., the intervenor.
Gwendolyn  T.D. Franks, Esq., and Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Department of the
Army, for the agency.
Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's proposal based on unstated
evaluation criteria is denied where the record reflects that the agency's evaluation was
reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

NCI Information Systems, Inc. (NCI), of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task
order to General Dynamics Information Technology Services (GDIT), under task order
proposal request (TOPR) No. 319155, issued by the Department of the Army, Army
Materiel Command, for information technology (IT) support services. The protester
contends that the agency's evaluation of NCI's proposal was unreasonable and
inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On April 6, 2020, the agency issued the TOPR under the Army Computer Hardware
Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) Information Technology Enterprise
Solutions - 3 Services (ITES-3S) multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity
(IDIQ) contract, pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
subpart 16.5. Contracting Officer's Statement and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL)

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