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B-417837.2 1 (2020-03-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeayr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO 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: Appian Corporation File: B-417837.2 Date: March 9, 2020 Daniel R. Forman, Esq., and James G. Peyster, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Jason A. Carey, Esq., and Andrew R. Guy, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for immixTechnology, Inc., the intervenor. Richard L. Hatfield, Esq., Holly H. Styles, Esq., and Gregory J. Matherne, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Raymond Richards, Esq., Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly relaxed certain cybersecurity requirements in revising a solicitation is dismissed. GAO will not entertain a protest that the agency should utilize more restrictive specifications. DECISION Appian Corporation, of McLean, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. FY1 8-ECM 5000017835, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for a multifaceted Enterprise Case Management (ECM) solution. Appian contends that the IRS's decision to relax the RFQ's cybersecurity requirements is unjustified and unreasonable, and its decision to convert database software license costs to government furnished equipment (GFE) was improper. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND The IRS issued the RFQ on May 24, 2018, to vendors holding a contract under General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule 70, pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4. Agency Report (AR), Tab D.1, RFQ, at 1. The estimated value of the procurement is between $40 million and $125 million. Id. at 4.

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