HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.gao/gaomrx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 0U.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
D e cisi+o n a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
D ecision been approved for public release.
Matter of: General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
File: B-420282; B-420282.2
Date: January 19, 2022
Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Carla J. Weiss, Esq., Moshe B. Broder, Esq., and Scott E.
Whitman, Esq., Jenner & Block, LLP, for the protester.
Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., and Jeffrey M. Lowry, Esq., Vedder
Price PC, for the intervenor.
Peter G. Hartman, Esq., and Roger A. Hipp, Esq., Department of Homeland Security,
for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest is denied where agency's evaluation under solicitation's non-price evaluation
factors was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest that agency's discussions were not meaningful is denied where the agency
identified each area of the protester's initial proposal in which there was an evaluated
significant weakness or deficiency.
DECISION
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), of Falls Church, Virginia,
protests the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) award of a contract to
Perspecta Engineering, Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia, pursuant to request for proposals
(RFP) No. 70RTAC21 R00000006,1 to manage and operate the DHS Hybrid Computing
Environment (HCE)2 and to provide professional services to automate, optimize, and
1 The solicitation is titled Data Center and Cloud Optimization (DCCO) Support
Services. Agency Report (AR), Tab 15c, RFP at 3.
2 The solicitation explains that [t]he HCE is a collection of enterprise computing
resources including a data center, colocation sites, and commercial and private cloud
services. AR, Tab 15f, Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 3.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaomrx0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)