About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-417805.5,B-417805.6,B-417805.7 1 (2020-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeauk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 



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
                                          1been approved for public release.


Matter of:   NCI Information Systems, Inc.

File:        B-417805.5; B-417805.6; B-417805.7

Date:        March 12, 2020

Daniel P. Graham, Esq., Jamie F. Tabb, Esq., Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre, Esq., and
John M. Satira, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for the protester.
Paul A. Debolt, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., and Christina E. Wood, Esq., Venable,
LLP, for DCS Corporation, the intervenor.
Dylan C. Bush, Esq., and Wade L. Brown, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of offerors' professional compensation plans
is denied where the record demonstrates that the evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with the terms of the solicitation and the requirements of Federal Acquisition
Regulation provision 52.222-46.

2. Protest that awardee's proposal is unacceptable because the awardee failed to notify
the agency during corrective action that a proposed key person is unavailable is denied
where the record contains no evidence that the awardee had actual knowledge that the
proposed key person is unavailable.

3. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's small business participation
plan is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated the awardee's proposal in
accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria.
DECISION

NCI Information Systems, Inc. (NCI), of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task
order to DCS Corporation (DCS), of Alexandria, Virginia, under request for proposals
(RFP) No. RS3-19-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Army, Army Contracting
Command--Aberdeen Proving Ground, for a wide variety of systems engineering and
technical assistance (SETA) services. The protester contends that the agency's
evaluation and selection decision are unreasonable.

What Is HeinOnline?

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.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most