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B-410990.3 1 (2015-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrmx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: jGA Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation File: B-410990.3 Date: October 5, 2015 Jonathan J. Frankel, Esq., John P. Janecek, Esq., Craig M. LaChance, Esq., and Brett J. Sander, Esq., Frankel PLLC, for the protester. Sarah L. Carroll, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of an agency's decision to take corrective action by reopening discussions with competitive range offerors and permitting them to fully revise their proposals, after the original awardee's price and evaluation ratings were disclosed, is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that reopening discussions was necessary to correct flaws in the agency's cost/price, technical, and past performance evaluations. DECISION Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Northrop Grumman) of Herndon, Virginia, protests the corrective action being taken by the Department of Defense, Defense Information System Agency (DISA), in connection with earlier protests of a task order issued to Northrop Grumman under request for proposals (RFP) No. E200603 for software development and integration services. Northrop Grumman contends that the corrective action, which included reopening discussions with offerors in the competitive range, is unreasonable and competitively prejudices Northrop Grumman, because its award price and evaluation ratings were disclosed after award. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on July 23, 2014, to 26 firms holding ENCORE II indefinite- delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts, and sought support for DISA's Global

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